FULL EURIDICE (Peri) Lviv 2023 Roman Hrabovenskyi, Halyna Honcharova, Anastasiia Kulinich
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Euridice
- Composer: Peri Jacopo
- Libretto: Ottavio Rinuccini based on books X and XI of Ovid's Metamorphoses
- Venue & Opera Company: Organ Hall, Lviv, Ukraine
- Recorded: December 12, 2023
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Roman Hrabovenskyi, Halyna Honcharova, Anastasiia Kulinich, Liliia Denderys, Markiian Mandziuk, Ivan-Danylo Lykhach, Yuriy Krasinskyi, Vadym Manchuk, Maksym Shpynda
- Conductor: Ivan Ostapovych
- Orchestra: String Ensemble of Luhansk Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
- Chorus: Soloists of Lviv Municipal Choir "Homin":
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Ukrainian Live Classic
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Euridice (also Erudice or Eurydice) is an opera by Jacopo Peri, with additional music by Giulio Caccini. It is the earliest surviving opera, Peri’s earlier Dafne being lost. (Caccini wrote his own “Euridice” even as he supplied music to Peri’s opera, published this version before Peri’s was performed, in 1600, and got it staged two years later.) The libretto by Ottavio Rinuccini is based on books X and XI of Ovid’s Metamorphoses which recount the story of the legendary musician Orpheus and his wife Euridice.
The opera was first performed in Florence on 6 October 1600 at the Palazzo Pitti with Peri himself singing the role of Orfeo.
Synopsis
Peri’s Euridice tells the story of the musician Orpheus and Euridice from Greek Mythology. According to myth, Orpheus was a great musician who journeyed to the underworld to plead with the gods to revive his wife Euridice after she had been fatally injured.
Act 1
It opens with a simple melody by a singer representing the Tragic Muse, La Tragedia, and a short ritornello. Shepherds nearby and the Tragic Muse sing a conversation in recitatives and choruses, Daphne enters to notify everyone that Euridice has been fatally bitten by a serpent.
Scene 1
All of the nymphs and shepherds gather to celebrate the wedding of Orfeo and Euridice.
Scene 2
Orfeo is content after his wedding but is soon interrupted by Dafne. She brings the terrible news that Euridice has been bitten by a venomous snake and has died. Orfeo then vows to rescue her from the underworld.
Scene 3
Arcetro recounts that while Orfeo lay weeping, Venus, goddess of love, carries him off in her chariot.
Act 2
This opens with Orpheus pleading with Venere, Plutone, Prosperina, Caronte, and Radamanto in the underworld for the return of his beloved wife Euridice. Nearly the entire scene is carried in recitative. When the act closes, Orpheus is back with Tirsi and the other shepherds.
Scene 4
Venus and Orfeo arrive at the gates of the underworld. Venus suggests that through his legendary voice he might persuade Pluto to return Euridice to life. Orfeo succeeds and is allowed to leave with his bride.
Scene 5
Orfeo and Euridice return from the underworld and rejoice.
Quoted from Wikipedia