In the shadow of Orpheus. 6+ Automatic translate

Arias and scenes from operas and oratorios. Caccini, Monteverdi, Purcell, Handel, Gluck.

Orpheus, the legendary poet and musician, the son of God and the muse, has for centuries been a symbol of the sacred union of music and poetry, the supernatural, “divine” power of singing. The hero of this great myth has also become a symbol of the drama of the human soul, opposing inexorable rock.

The story of the lost Eurydice, the spell with the music of the spirits of Hell - the main plot of the first operas (J. Peri, J. Caccini, C. Monteverdi and others).

The great opera reform of K.V. Gluck began with his "Orpheus and Eurydice" (Vienna edition 1762, Paris 1774). In 1859, Hector Berlioz staged in Paris the Gluckian Orpheus in his edition, where the great Polina Viardot sang the main part.

The concert program will feature a large dramatic scene from the fourth act of the opera as edited by Berlioz.

The first section includes the arias and duets of Caccini, Monteverdi, Purcell, Handel - composers who created the modern expressive language of the opera, anticipated the artistic discoveries of Gluck.

laureates of international competitions:
Polina Yashchuk (soprano)
Anastasia Meshchanova (mezzo-soprano)
Anna Korzun (piano)
the concert is conducted by Elena Popova

Beginning at 19 hours

Excursion to the Kochneva House at 18 o’clock