His musical leadership of last season’s Magic Flute prompted Bernard Jacobson of The Seattle Times to write “Wedow led one of the best performances I can remember. In the pit for Orphée et Eurydice is Gary Thor Wedow, who conducted Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride in 2007. Gearhart, a former Seattle Opera Young Artist, most recently appeared in the 2009 Ring as Woglinde and the Forest Bird. “In 1988, Seattle Opera scored one of the first real successes of my tenure with this inspiring and moving opera.”ĭrawing inspiration from the Greek legend, Orpheé et Eurydice tells the story of the devoted musician Orphée (tenor William Burden) and his descent into the underworld to rescue his beloved Eurydice (soprano Davinia Rodríguez) from death.Īmour (soprano Julianne Gearhart), the god of love, tests the mythic couple and, in the end, rewards fidelity with bliss.īurden last thrilled Seattle audiences as Edgardo in Seattle Opera’s 2010 production of Lucia di Lammermoor, and Rodríguez made her company debut in that same production, as the alternate cast Lucia. “I have the greatest expectations for our new production of Orphée et Eurydice, and also a great tenor in Bill Burden,” says Speight Jenkins, General Director of Seattle Opera. Seattle- Seattle Opera presents the ultimate story of love lost and regained this February with Gluck’s Orphée et Eurydice, which runs for six performances from February 25 through March 10, 2012.ĭeveloped from Gluck’s original Italian version of 1762, this French version of the opera, first performed in Paris in 1774, is a tour-de-force for tenor and also features significant ballet.
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