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Christoph Willibald Gluck (Artist), Jennifer Larmore (Artist), Dawn Upshaw (Artist), Alison Hagley (Artist), Donald Runnicles (Artist), Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera (Artist) | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (June 4, 1996)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Teldec
  • ASIN: B000000SR4
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #76,250 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Disc: 1
1. Orphee et Eurydice: Ouverture
2. Orphee et Eurydice: Act I - Scene 1: 'Ah! dans ce bois tranquille'
3. Orphee et Eurydice: Act I - Scene 1: 'Vos plaintes, vos regrets'
4. Orphee et Eurydice: Act I - Scene 1: Pantomime
5. Orphee et Eurydice: Act I - Scene 1: 'Ah! dans ce bois lugubre et sombre'
6. Orphee et Eurydice: Act I - Scene 1: 'Eloignez-vous'
7. Orphee et Eurydice: Act I - Scene 1: Ritournelle
8. Orphee et Eurydice: Act I - Scene 1: 'Eurydice, Eurydice! Ombre chere'
9. Orphee et Eurydice: Act I - Scene 1: 'Objet de mon amour'
10. Orphee et Eurydice: Act I - Scene 1: 'Eurydice, Eurydice, de ce doux nom'
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Disc: 2
1. Orphee et Eurydice: Act II - Scene 2: Pantomime (Ballet des ombres heureuses)
2. Orphee et Eurydice: Act II - Scene 2: Ballet: Lent sempre legatissimo
3. Orphee et Eurydice: Act II - Scene 2: Ballet: Air de danse
4. Orphee et Eurydice: Act II - Scene 2: 'Cet asile aimable et tranquille'
5. Orphee et Eurydice: Act II - Scene 2: 'Quel nouveau ciel pare ce lieux?'
6. Orphee et Eurydice: Act II - Scene 2: 'Viens dans ce sejour paisible'
7. Orphee et Eurydice: Act II - Scene 2: Ballet (Pantomime)
8. Orphee et Eurydice: Act II - Scene 2: 'O vous, ombres que j'implore'
9. Orphee et Eurydice: Act II - Scene 2: 'Pres du tendre objet qu'on aime'
10. Orphee et Eurydice: Act III - Scene 2: 'Viens, viens Eurydice'
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  1. Orphée et Eurydice (French version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 41
    Composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performed by San Francisco Opera Orchestra
    with Jennifer Larmore, Alison Hagley, Dawn Upshaw
    Conducted by Donald Runnicles

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5.0 out of 5 stars Orpheus In Illusion, April 8, 2003
By Z. Yang (Hockessin, DE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice (Berlioz version) / Larmore, Upshaw, Hagley, Runnicles (Audio CD)
Over the past 240 years, Gluck's Orpheus had experienced many variations. Original Orfeo ed Euridice in 1762 was in Italian and Orfeo was in the voice of an alto castrato. In 1774 during Gluck's five-year sojourn in Paris, much due to the Parisian's disapproval of castrati, he rewrote the opera and recast the protagonist as a French haute-contre - a particular kind of light and high tenor, along with expanding the opera into a full three acts, adding some numbers and a ballet. This Paris version and also the best version Orphe et Eurydice, which has provided the base for the other versions to follow, is brilliant in every aspect provided that a French haute-contre is available to tackle the higher-than-regular-tenor (about one third higher) music range of Orphe's, for which the chance has always been rare. Almost a century later, in 1859, Berlioz, a Gluck devotee, transposed Orphe of 1774 Paris version into mezzo-soprano's range. The revival has renewed the life of Gluck's Orphe et Eurydice by making it a great showpiece for mezzos and contralti, but at the same time, has totally deprived Orpheus of his masculinity. When Orphe is sung by mezzo or contralto, his/her lamentation at the loss of his/her lover Eurydice is more of an illusion than anything to be affecting, and as one can imagine, watching a mezzo Orphe on stage could get worse.

Having said all these, this recording of Berlioz version is yet wonderful in terms of its artistic crafting and sound quality. Being the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, the opera is more of Orpheus' show with Orpheus getting the lion's share in singing. Jennifer Larmore has an amazing mezzo voice, sturdy and strong. "Amour, viens rendre  mon me", with much more cadenza than one would expect from Gluck, has showcased her excellent vocal ability. Dawn Upshaw's light soprano is much needed for Eurydice in order to distinguish her in the duet with Orphe as well as in all-female trios. Her sweet voice delivers a most beautiful "Cet asile aimable et tranquille". L'Amour, who did more work in going-between the lovers than in singing, is but wonderfully sung by Alison Hagley. Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera, conducted by Donald Runnicles, are distinctive in bringing out the beauty and power and of the music.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful singing, but placid conducting, January 24, 2010
This review is from: Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice (Berlioz version) / Larmore, Upshaw, Hagley, Runnicles (Audio CD)
I am a huge fan of Jennifer Larmore's luscious mezzo-soprano and this Orphée is the perfect vehicle for showing it off at its most touching and plangent. All three voices here are perfect for their parts: Alison Hagley is charming and sprightly as l'Amour and although for me Dawn Upshaw's rather breathy, winsome soprano with its expressively "squeezed" emphases on top notes has always been something of an acquired taste which I have not acquired, the characteristics of her voice make it instantly distinguishable from the other two singers and thus compensate for the lack of variety provided by either a castrato (hard to find these days), a counter-tenor, or an "haute-contre" tenor, as per arrangements made by Gluck previous to this re-scoring by Berlioz.

My only reservation about this recording derives perhaps from the conductor responding to the more Romantic flavour imparted by Berlioz's loving treatment - and I note that a previous reviewer on Amazon.com has made a similar observation, despite the plethora of five-star opinions. I have always admired and enjoyed Runnicles' work, but he has definitely here taken some of the starch out of the proceedings; tempi are just that bit too relaxed and placid and the psychological drama suffers. I find myself admiring the singing more than I am involved Orphée's plight; for real tension I turn to the old Fasano set in Italian with Shirley Verrett giving the part "a bit of Welly" (as we say in the UK). When the lovely Larmore laments "J'ai perdu mon Eurydice" she seems no more disturbed than if she had lost her book-mark - but the sound she makes is wondrous.

I suggest that any lover of this opera enjoy it in this rather over-refined French form but also have recourse to one of the several good, and rather more sinewy, Italian versions, such as the Fasano I mentioned, Janet Baker or even Ewa Podles.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful singing but not much more, April 10, 2006
By Smorgy "Smorgy" (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice (Berlioz version) / Larmore, Upshaw, Hagley, Runnicles (Audio CD)
I love the voices on this CD. The extraordinary light lyric soprano of Dawn Upshaw and the beautiful sound of mezzo Jennifer Larmore are very recognizable. The leggiero soprano Alison Hagley is excellent as Amour (probably the best I've heard in the role). They all sing quite well, tho I wonder a bit about Larmore's bottom notes. O.. and quite excellent French diction by all parties.

To my ears, much more care is taken to the melodies than to the message the melodies are supposed to convey. The orchestration doesn't help either. And I find the tempo of this production a bit off. Sometimes it seems a tad slow except for the Amour's arias and duets in the 1st act (thank you, Ms. Hagley!). And then just when the tempo should be slow at the intro to 'J'ai perdue mon Eurydice', Runnicles has the it up so much (and the pacing instruments so loud)that the piece sounds upbeat!! And what the heck is so upbeat about Orphee losing Eurydice the 2nd time anyway? That transgression alone makes me wish I can give this a 3 1/2 rating instead of a 4... (the 4 is by the grace of the singers and not the conductor, since the tempo does slow down after Larmore enters the aria). Also I wish the choir could sing a bit louder and sound more jubilant in the closing 'Le Dieu de Paphos et de Gnide'.

Anyhow, this is still an above average production of Orphee et Eurydice.
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