Orfeo ed Euridice / Glyndebourne Festival Opera ; [music] by Christoph Gluck ; original text, Ranieri de' Calzabigi ; producer, Peter Hall ; director, Rodney Greenberg ; a TVS production in association with NVC Arts.
Opera in three acts. Janet Baker (Orfeo) ; Elisabeth Speiser (Euridice) ; Elizabeth Gale (Amore) ; Glyndebourne Festival Chorus ; London Philharmonic ; Raymond Leppard, conductor. Filmed at Glyndebourne in 1982. Originally released in 1982. Contains an introduction in English by Janet Baker.
Summary:
Janet Baker stars in Peter Hall's acclaimed Glyndebourne Festival staging of Gluck's 18th century masterpiece. Janet Baker gives one of her finest portrayals as Orfeo, with Elisabeth Speiser as Euridice and Elizabeth Gale as Amore.
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