Magdaléna Kožená as Orphée, Patricia Petibon as L`Amour

[MariaCaIIas]

The problem with Robert Wilson productions is if you've seen one, you've seen 'em all...

[Nibelungenfrau]

a great video - thanks a lot for posting it. Wonderful. Such two beautiful voices!!!

[MelWolff]

Me gusta, Me gusta MIL VECES!

[zobrioth]

$50 to that nigger who bowed and directed me to that seat. Why wasn't I there with blue petals to cast upon those darling performers who so kindly spent their time so well?

[udilio]

gli stessi alberelli della scala!!!!!!!!! non posso crederci!!!!!!

[MonkiiGirl]

i adore Petibon

[saturne46]

Patricia Petibon possède une grâce primesautière parfaite pour l'Amour.

[KOKAYT1]

elle arive par son interprétation à rendre ridicule cet opéra !

[MrBasilego]

Mais non, mais non. C'est très joli.

[lyricalmage]

why did Gluck put vocal virtuosism in the french version?

[evaeke]

@lyricalmage It was Berlioz who did that (This is not the original Paris version but the remake from 19th century with transponation on the Orphee part from haute-contre to mezzosoprano and an extra coloratura aria for Orphee)

[bouzignac]

@evaeke

You are wrong !

Anyway Berloz is the only valuable composer in 19e century...

[lucyliesinashes]

ugh, I HATE when this is done in french. the 1772 (the barenreiter one) is the best version

[BernardProfitendieu]

if the title says, "Orphée" then you shouldn't be surprised it's the French version, you dimwit!

[vitellia]

Barenreiter actually publishes both the first Vienna version (in Italian) of 1762 AND the French revival version of 1774 with an haute contre Orphee. The version here is actually the Berlioz-Viardot version, that is based on the 1774 version.

[rymicka]

BRAVO - Magdalena Kozena is the best CZECH opera singer now and she was able to sing even she is now 8 month pregnant with her secon child !

[bouzignac]

@rymicka

We don't give a shit !

It's life, not opera

[moskva40]

Mme. Petibon's voice is lovely. I've never heard it before. Love the aria, though it's extended in the Italian version and therefore we get more time to enjoy it. :)

[lizsfca]

Both singers are wonderful artists, but really, if you've seen thirty seconds of Robert Wilson you've seen his entire oeuvre. I've seen two productions live and clips of others on video. They are all the same.  Maybe he should partner with Philip Glass--another one-trick pony.

[foropera]

But he did. He revolutioned theater in 1970 with "le regard du sourd" and "Einstein on the beach". You speak of his opera productions but there was something much more interesting, his theater.

[mlocher]

Agreed. I'd add that those who call Wilson a "one trick pony" have simply been left behind. The man managed to completely re-invent the relationships between story, movement, time, and the body; it's a language which Wislon is, indeed, dedicated to with purity. Bertolt Brecht was dedicated to his own re-invention of performance style--another "one trick pony?" Are naturalists "one trick ponies?" Realists? Impressionists? Wilson will be remembered not just for his vision, but for his purity.

[alejandra379]

That dancing and singing thing was much better acomplished in the Giuliu Cesare in Egitto done by the Orchestra of The Age of Elightenment... that production was superb... this, for me, is not working...

[malloy611]

where can i get a copy dvd of this production. Amazing

[malloy611]

my faverite opera. Not realy bel canto but brilliant in its purity and melodic sounds.

[vonspre]

I love so much Robert Wilson!!!He has been my friend for many years!Bob i still love you ...i love your art!

[NYvideoUS]

Lovely

[miiihiii]

mygod. john eliot gardner AND robert wilson.

i tried to get my hands on the dvd set here (US), but its way too expensive whereas it was like 18 dollars in england. its really sad.

[poursuivant1]

Weren't Sir John and Bob fighting like cats and dogs about the staging? I read an interview with Magdalena about how the rehearsals were very tense and the cast was unhappy because of the conflict. She was also brought in very late.. I wonder who she replaced?

[miiihiii]

oh did they? i didn't know. but i do like the result, i must say. i guess good chemistry creates itself whether the parties involved intend to or not sometimes. like bjork and lars von trier. =)

its a beautiful opera.

[8R8]

hehe, after listening to Orfeo (Monteverdi) it's hard to appreciate the muddy modern tunning of the instruments (inexact fifths and threes for sake of exact octaves...)

[kingjordana]

In the French version Orfeo...rather Orphee...is a tenor.

[chemeche]

really you honestly think that?

[moew99]

they are both fantastic!!! The two youngest an best opera singers of our time!!! I only love them!!!