video by Drew Bienemann
Gluck’s Melodie “Dance of the Blessed Spirits” from his opera Orfeo ed Euridice depicts the sorrowful song of Orpheus, a legendary musician in Greek mythology who journeyed to the underworld to plead for the release of his deceased wife Euridice.
Orpheus’ playing of the lyre was so inspired that the spirits of the underworld were moved to tears, and they granted his request to return Euridice to him, on the condition that he did not look back at her until they had reached the land of the living.
Sadly, Orpheus was unable to resist his beautiful wife’s pleas to look at her, and she fell back into the darkness of death, leaving Orpheus devastated and alone.
Негізгі бет Gluck Melodie
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