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Gluck / Bayer: Orfeo Ed Euridice
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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To ceIebrate the 25th anniversary of the small but ambitious Spanish FestivaI lnternacional de Música CasteII de Peralada, the Catalan theater colIective La Fura dels Baus and its director CarIus Padrissa have staged Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice with three splendid female voices and in a production that wonderfully reflects the Fura's never-faiIing imaginativeness.
The most striking aspect of the production is the direct involvement of the musical ensemble in the action.
The group, bandArt, is an instrumental ensemble that performs standing, moving about or even dancing, on the stage and without a conductor.
Stage director Padrissa goes so far as to excIaim: "Like Gluck, who with this opera opened the doors to the reformation of the opera 250 years ago, l feeI that we are opening up a new path that wiIl let the orchestra rise from the pit to incorporate itself into the action on stage" .
ln addition to the visibIe instrumentalists, Padrissa also makes abundant stage use of the chorus members who depict souls, demons and other creatures in his production.
His staging is fundamentally inspired by sacred medievaI iconography and the depiction of mythical animals found in Romanesque and Gothic churches.
Combined with visually stunning effects, expert Iighting and Iarge video projections, the production grabs the viewer from the start and doesn't Iet go.
What makes or breaks GIuck's opera is the role of Orfeo. Since GIuck's originaI ltalian version is performed here, the roIe of Orfeo is performed by a mezzo, Anita RachveIishviIi of Georgia, a singer who unfaiIingIy commands the stage with her infinite range of expressions both vocaI and dramatic.
Maite AlberoIa's Euridice and Auxiliadora ToIedano's Amor bIend their voices perfectIy with that of RachvelishviIi. |
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