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Director and choreographer Mark Morris’s production of Gluck’s masterpiece updates the immortal story from its ancient Greek roots to the timeless present, where, he says, “the union of chorus and dancers feels inevitable and inseparable.” With costumes by Isaac Mizrahi and a set designed by Allen Moyer, this production surrounds the action with the superb Met chorus dressed as a crowd of historic characters who bear witness to the transformative power of love. Orfeo (Stephanie Blythe) is so consumed with grief at the death of his beloved Euridice (Danielle de Niese) that the gods (Heidi Grant Murphy as Amor) allow him to lead her back from the underworld—if he will not look at her on the way. Of course he can’t resist looking, but the gods are truly merciful.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 2009-01-24
- video_camera_front Companies The Metropolitan Opera
- timer Runtime: 99 Mins
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Stephanie Blythe
Orfeo
Danielle de Niese
Euridice
Heidi Grant Murphy
Amor
Joyce DiDonato
Self - Host
James Levine
Self - Conductor
MET Orchestra
groups Crew
James Levine
Conductor
Barbara Willis Sweete
Director
Victoria Warivonchik
Producer
Ron Washburn
Technical Supervisor
Louisa Briccetti
Producer
Mia Bongiovanni
Supervising Producer
Isaac Mizrahi
Costume Designer
Jay David Saks
Music Producer
Elena Park
Supervising Producer
Peter Gelb
Executive Producer
James F. Ingalls
Lighting Design
Allen Moyer
Set Designer
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Original Music Composer
Raniero de Calzabigi
Writer
Mark Morris
Director
Mark Morris
Choreographer
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