With a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi, this opera features the "Dance of the Blessed Spirits" in a scene set in Elysium.
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]