Pinchgut Opera presented Haydn's - L'anima del filosofo: Orpheus & Euridice on then2, 4, 5 & 7 December 2010 at the City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney.
Principals:
Eurydice, Spirit - Elena Xanthoudakis
Orpheus - Andrew Goodwin
Creon -- Derek Welton
Conductor: Antony Walker
Director: Mark Gaal
Designers: Alexandra Sommer & Brad Clark Lighting Designer: Bernie Tan-Hayes
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Antipodes with fortepiano Erin Helyard
Sung in Italian with English surtitles (libretto by Carlo Francesco Badini)
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Composed in 1791, this work was Haydn's last opera and the first Australian production. Haydn's Orpheus is a rarely heard, beautiful, classical opera that was never performed during Haydn's lifetime. Its first performance, amazingly, was in 1951 in Florence with a cast including Maria Callas and Boris Christoff.
BRAVO BRAVO!!! The way Haydn ends the opera a bit abrupt, has always perplexed me.
Grandlakeguy22 2 months ago
BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO!!! FANTASTIC!!!
Grandlakeguy22 2 months ago