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Orpheus is a thirty-minute neoclassical ballet in three tableaux composed by Igor Stravinsky in collaboration with choreographer George Balanchine in Hollywood, California in 1947. The work was commissioned by the Ballet Society , which Balanchine founded together with Lincoln Kirstein and of which he was Artistic Director.
Orfeo ed Euridice ([orˈfɛ.o e.d‿ewˈri.di.t͡ʃe]; French: Orphée et Eurydice; English: Orpheus and Eurydice) is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi.
Orfeo ed Euridice—Director and Choreographer (Handel & Haydn Society, 1996) Platée—Director and Choreographer (Royal Opera, 1997) Four Saints in Three Acts—Director and Choreographer (English National Opera, 2000) Idomeneo (Act III ballet)—Choreographer (Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 2003)
Since 1955, when the summer festival first began, the Greek National opera has presented special performances for the ancient Roman-era amphitheatre, the Odeon of Herodes Atticus; its first presentation was Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, and in conjunction with the Greek opera company a number of famous international performers of all types have ...
Euridice, an opera by Giulio Caccini with librettist Ottavio Rinuccini (1602) L'Orfeo, the first opera by Monteverdi (1607) Orfeo, an opera by Luigi Rossi (1647) Orpheus, an opera by Georg Philipp Telemann (1726) Orpheus and Euridice, an ode by William Hayes (1735) Orfeo ed Euridice, an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1762)
During production of "Orfeo ed Euridice", von Heidecke was trained by legendary prima ballerina Maria Tallchief, one of the greatest American ballerinas. [4] Von Heidecke continued his studies with Tallchief after the Orfeo production, and Tallchief became his mentor, coaching him in the Balanchine method and repertoire.
Title page of the original full score of Gluck's 1762 opera Orfeo ed Euridice (Duchesne, Paris, 1764). [The original image has been cropped and lightened. Gasparo Angiolini (7 February 1731 – 6 February 1803), real name Domenico Maria Gasparo, son of Francesco Angiolini and Maria Maddalena Torzi, was an Italian dancer, choreographer and composer.
Having failed to mount a tour, American Ballet began performing at the Old Met. After being allowed to stage only two dance performances (Orfeo ed Euridice) in 1936 and an evening of dances choreographed to the music of Igor Stravinsky in 1937), Balanchine moved the company to Hollywood in 1938. The company was restarted as the American Ballet ...