Saturday 24 July 2010 8:00 pm
Orfeo ed Euridice
Jordi Savall and the Arnold Schoenberg Chor.
Fux: Orfeo ed Euridice, K 309 (half scenic performance)
Componimento da Camera per Musica
Magdalena Podkoscielna, soprano (Amore)
Roberta Mameli, soprano (Proserpina)
Pascal Bertin, altus (Orfeo)
Furio Zanasi, tenor (Plutone)
Makoto Sakurada, tenor (Aristeo)
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall, conductor
Thomas Höft, scenic production
Mathis Huber, stage
It was not just Gluck that brought this antique fable of the divine singer Orpheus to the Viennese opera stage. As early as in 1715, the new imperial court conductor Johann Joseph Fux recreated the antique myth in calming, moving, dramatic tones. His one-act opera consisted of enchanting arias, great choral movements and rich orchestral interludes. Orfeo ed Euridice was the prelude to the heyday of Viennese court opera under Emperor Charles VI, for whom Fux had produced more music-theatrical masterpieces than Gluck or Mozart had for Joseph II. Jordi Savall leads the performance of this Fux Orpheus with his Baroque orchestra “Le concert des Nations” with the Arnold Schonberg Chor and a hand-picked sextet of soloists.
The performance will be broadcast on Sunday, August 1, 08.04 p.m. on Radio Steiermark.
