ORPH'E ET EURIDICE: TEATRO ALLA SCALA (MARIOTTI)

Juan Diego Florez dazzled audiences and critics alike when he played the virtuoso role of Orphee in La Scala's first ever staging of Gluck's opera in it's French version: Juan Diego Florez delivered a lesson in style. His tone is darker and his projection more self-effacing than in the past, but class is permanent. His agility and legato are utterly thrilling. The ovations were never-ending. (Corriere della sera) The present release is a production by Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Recorded live at Teatro alla Scala, Milan, March 2018. Gluck's Orpheo ed Euridice was first performed in 1762. It is the first of Gluck's reform operas, in which he attempted to replace the abstruse plots and overly complex music of opera sera with a noble simplicity in both the music and the drama. The present production was staged by Hofesh Shechter and John Fulljames.