Orfeo ed Euridice

Opera: Work details

Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Librettist: Ranieri de' Calzabigi
Music title: Orfeo ed Euridice (1762)
Work definition: Azione teatrale in three acts
Language: Italian
World premiere: 5 October 1762, Burgtheater, Vienna
ROH premiere: 25 May 1773, Royal Italian Opera
ROH company premiere: 3 February 1953, Covent Garden Opera Company, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Productions
Orpheus (1953) Covent Garden Opera Company (3 performances online)
Orfeo ed Euridice (1969) The Royal Opera (8 performances online)
Orfeo ed Euridice (1991) The Royal Opera (1 performance online)
Orfeo ed Euridice (2001, in concert) The Royal Opera (2 performances online)

Performances not linked to a production
17 July 1974 Evening 8.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
21 July 2019 Matinee 1.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London