ORPHEUS - A Modern Spectacology Exercise
ORPHEUS - A Modern Spectacology Exercise

Summary/Abstract: Through Orpheus and Eurydice, a piece in three acts, Cristoph Willibald Gluck, assisted by librettist Rainieri de' Calzabigi, achieves a true tour de force of the desperate hopeless love. The main character, Orpheus, consecrated by the Greek mythology as one of the most skilful rhapsodists of the world, experiences dramatically intense moments hard to describe in words. The succession of arias, choral passages and dances comes with a tragic shiver which imposes interpreting and staging restrictions. These issue have challenged the imagination of an interdisciplinary team that brought together teachers from faculties of theatre, music and visual arts. The mpact of this spectacology exercise was expressed in three ways.

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