In Mark Morris's production of this opera at the Metropolitan, each member of the chorus is dressed as a different historical figure. This opera opens with the lament "Ah, se intorno" in which one sin
In Mark Morris's production of this opera at the Metropolitan, each member of the chorus is dressed as a different historical figure. This opera opens with the lament "Ah, se intorno" in which one singer interrupts a chorus of shepherds dancing around a grave with the name of his wife. The protagonist sings the famous aria "Che faro" before Amore convinces him not to commit suicide. With a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi, this opera features the "Dance of the Blessed Spirits" in a scene set in Elysium. This opera prefigures the operatic reform that the composer would later make explicit in the preface to Alceste. For 10 points, name this opera about a mythical Greek singer's descent into the underworld, written by C. W. Gluck.
In Mark Morris's production of this opera at the Metropolitan, each member of the chorus is dressed as a different historical figure.
Orfeo ed Euridice [accept Orpheus and Eurydice]