| Buxton Festival - Orfeo ed Euridice Reviews | 20 April 2024 |
Michael Chance (Orfeo)
Barbara Bargnesi (Euridice), Ensemble
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Daisy Brown (Amore), Barbara Bargnesi Euridice)
Michael Chance (Orfeo), Daisy Brown (Amore)
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Orfeo ed EuridiceBuxton FestivalNo. of reviews: 7 | |
Intense, modern version of Gluck's 1762 Italian opera |
 21 Jul 14 / Planet Hugill |
Much of the work’s emotional content comes from the pit |
| 20 Jul 14 / Gloucestershire Echo |
Stephen Medcalf’s staging underlines the simplicity of Gluck’s musico-dramatic schema |
| 19 Jul 14 / Financial Times |
A great classical story gets an update at Buxton Festival |
| 17 Jul 14 / Seen and Heard |
A lovely rendering of Gluck’s music under the baton of Stuart Stratford |
| 16 Jul 14 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
Michael Chance's Orfeo is patchy, but Barbara Bargnesi's wounded Euridice is entrancingly sung |
| 15 Jul 14 / The Guardian |
Love reigns in Buxton's Orfeo ed Euridice, but at what cost? |
| 14 Jul 14 / Bachtrack |
Production details
Cast
Chance, Bargnesi, Brown
(c) Stratford (d) Medcalf
Performance dates
13(m), 16, 19, 22, 25 July 2014
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