Gluck : Orphée et Eurydice

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When the voice triumphs over Hell: Marianne Crebassa, Hélène Guilmette and Raphaël Pichon transcend Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice in a vertiginous production at the Opéra Comique.

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Gluck : Orphée et Eurydice

When the voice triumphs over Hell: Marianne Crebassa, Hélène Guilmette and Raphaël Pichon transcend Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice in a vertiginous production at the Opéra Comique.

A mesmerizing plunge into the darkness and light of the human soul, Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice shook the Age of Enlightenment in Europe with its dramatic purity and emotional intensity. This visionary masterpiece retraces the myth of Orpheus, a divine musician willing to defy death to reclaim his lost love. His voice alone soothes the Furies, opens the gates of Hell, but love, tested by doubt and pain, confronts an unyielding fate.

In the sumptuous version revised by Berlioz in 1859, Gluck reaches new heights of lyricism and expressive power. Berlioz draws from the various versions of the work to offer a masterful synthesis, magnifying every breath of the score.

Under the passionate direction of Raphaël Pichon, leading the Ensemble Pygmalion, this production sets the stage of the Opéra Comique ablaze with rare intensity. Marianne Crebassa embodies a heartbreaking Orpheus, carried by a voice both luminous and tormented, opposite Hélène Guilmette, a heart-wrenching Eurydice, and Léa Desandre, a mischievous yet benevolent Love.

In a visually and sensorially striking production by Aurélien Bory, the myth becomes a poetic fresco, oscillating between dream and reality. Bewitching images, shifting spaces: everything here celebrates the cathartic power of music and the fragility of love in the face of fate.

An essential opera, imbued with grace and tragedy, where music elevates the soul and makes even the gods tremble.

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Gluck : Orphée et Eurydice [DVD & Blu-ray]

Opera in four acts (1762)
1859 version, revised by Hector Berlioz

Music : Christoph Willibald Gluck
Libretto : Pierre-Louis Moline, d’après Ranieri de’ Calzabigi

Orphée : Marianne Crebassa
Eurydice : Hélène Guilmette
Amour : Lea Desandre
Dancers : Claire Carpentier
Élodie Chan
Tommy Entresangle
Yannis François
Margherita Mischitelli
Charlotte Siepiora

Chœur et Orchestre Pygmalion
Conductor : Raphaël Pichon

Stage direction & scenography : Aurélien Bory
Sets : Pierre Dequivre
Costumes : Manuela Agnesini
Lighting design : Arno Veyrat

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Press review

« Soprano Hélène Guilmette traces Eurydice’s aborted journey back to life with luscious tone and a beautiful connection to the text, her voice soaring above the ensemble, pointed in outrage and loaded with heartbreak at Orphée’s supposed indifference.» – OPERA NEWS

« Soprano Hélène Guilmette brings great dignity to the role of Euridice, and a rich and beautiful soprano voice, one a bit more imposing than normally heard in this role. Mezzo Lea Desandre sings beautifully, and interprets Amour as an earnest, and quite serious figure. Conductor Pichon is an equally effective interpreter in the elegant and more fiery aspects of Gluck’s score, and he coaxes marvelous, incisive performances from both the period instrument Ensemble Pygmalion and its parallel Chorus. … This is an imaginative production, impeccably rendered in every fashion. A marvelous achievement, and highly recommended. » – FANFARE

« Conductor Raphaël Pichon leads the excellent Ensemble Pygmalion in a breathtakingly beautiful reading of the score. Their entrancing sound is one of the things that gave me the greatest pleasure in this production. » – MUSIC WEB INTERNATIONAL

« Marianne Crebassa, in a trouser suit and a grey wig that gives her a startling resemblance to Julian Assange, is magnificent. She delivers both ‘Laissez-vous toucher par mes pleurs’ and ‘Quel nouveau ciel’ perfectly still, straight to camera. … Hélène Guilmette, too, is good at expressing Eurydice’s lack of understanding. Raphaël Pichon and his chorus and orchestra are exemplary. » – GRAMOPHONE

Technical informations

HD recording : Opéra Comique | 10/2018
TV direction : François Roussillon
Release date : 01 octobre 2019
Distribution : Naxos Distribution

1 DVD
Reference : 2.110638
Barcode : 747313563852
Running time : 99 min.
Subtitles : FR / ENG / GER / JAP / KOR
Image : Color, 16/9, NTSC
Sound : PCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Region code : 0

1 BLU-RAY
Reference : NBD00100V
Barcode : 730099010061
Running time : 99 min.
Subtitles : FR / ENG / GER / JAP / KOR
Image : Color, 16/9, Full HD
Sound : PCM 2.0, DTS HD Master audio 5.1
Region code : A, B, C

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