Identifier: victrolabookofop00vict (find matches)
Title: The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Victor Talking Machine Company Rous, Samuel Holland
Subjects: Operas
Publisher: Camden, N.J. : Victor Talking Machine Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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he Theatre Lyrique, Paris,November 19, 1859, when Pauline Viardot restored the Italian contralto version. FirstLondon production at Covent Garden, June 26, 1770. Some notable revivals were duringthe Winter Garden season of 1863; in 1885 (in German), by the Metropolitan Opera underWalter Damrosch; the English production in 1886 by the National Opera Company; theAbbey revival in Italian in 1892; and the Gatti-Casazza production of 1910, with Homer,Gadski and Gluck. Twenty performances have been given at the Metropolitan since thattime. Cast ORPHEUS Contralto EURIDICE Soprano LOVE Soprano A Happy Shade Soprano Shepherds and Shepherdesses, Furies and Demons, Heroes andHeroines in Hades. This opera, which has been called Glucks incomparable masterpiece, and of whichthe great Fetis wrote, it is one of the most beautiful productions of genius, may beproperly termed a purely classical music drama. The music is exquisite in its delicacy and 344 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA—ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE
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HOMER AND GADSKI AS ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE bids her follow him. grace, while the story is an interesting and affect-ing one. Orpheus may be called the grandfatherof grand opera, it being the oldest work of itskind to hold its place on the stage, the first repre-sentation occurring one hundred and fifty yearsago. The opera has had only one adequate Ameri-can production previous to the recent Metropolitanrevival, and that was during the American OperaCompany season of 1886—the Abbey revival of1892 meeting with but indifferent success. Suchhas been the interest aroused by the recent per-formances, that it is likely to be heard quitefrequently in the future. The story concerns the Greek poet Orpheus,who grieves deeply over the death of his wifeEuridice, and finally declares he will enter therealms of Pluto and search for her among thespirits of the departed. The goddess Love appearsand promises to aid him, on condition that whenhe has found Euridice he -will return to earthwithout once lo

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