Production
Orfeo ed Euridice
Orfeo ed Euridice is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, featuring a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi. Based on the myth of Orpheus, this production belongs to the azione teatrale genre, which incorporates mythological subjects alongside choruses and dancing. It represents the first of Gluck's reform operas, designed to replace the complex music and abstruse plots of traditional opera seria with a noble simplicity in both drama and music. The work was first performed at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 5 October 1762, in the presence of Empress Maria Theresa.
