In an opera about this subject, trumpets use five registers, labelled "clarino" through "basso", to play a fanfare in the opening "Toccata".
In an opera about this subject, trumpets use five registers, labelled "clarino" through "basso", to play a fanfare in the opening "Toccata". A ballet scene set in Elysium for strings and two solo flutes is found in Act II of an opera on this subject written to counter the excesses of opera seria under Pietro Metastasio. A satirical operetta about this tale rewrites its central couple to hate each other instead. A "Dance of the Blessed Spirits" is found in Gluck's opera about this myth. In another opera about this myth, Jupiter leads the gods in a frenzied "Galop Infernal", or the can-can, after the title character turns around before having exited Hades. For 10 points, name this Greek myth whose central bard is in the Underworld in a Jacques Offenbach operetta.
In an opera about this subject, trumpets use five registers, labelled "clarino" through "basso", to play a fanfare in the opening "Toccata".
Orpheus and Eurydice [or the Orpheus myth]