Right from the outset, indeed, beginning with the overture, this new production of Orfeo ed Euridice, staged by Matthew Ozawa and choreographed by Rena Butler, strikes boldly at the heart of this ...
In the mid-1700s, Christoph Willibald Gluck overthrew the musical excesses around him. A marathon double bill in France shows the vibrancy of his vision. By Zachary Woolfe Reporting from ...
Although Gluck often reused music from his earlier works, all of the music for La corona was composed afresh. The dynamic Allegro which concludes the overture reappeared in a new guise five years ...
Gluck, Overture from Orfeo ed Euridice Minkus, Pas de deux (from Don Quixote) Smetana, The Moldau (from Ma Vlast) Dvorak, Symphony No. 8, Op. 88 The Philharmonic Community Orchestra is a full ...