| Composer: |
Christoph Willibald Gluck |
| Librettist: |
Pierre Louis Moline |
| Music title: |
Orphée et Eurydice (1774) |
| Work definition: |
Tragédie opéra in three acts |
| After: |
After the opera Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck and Ranieri de' Calzabigi |
| Language: |
French |
| Notes: |
This revised version of the 1762 original was a tragédie opéra with revisions and extensions, including the addition of Orphée's aria 'L’espoir renaît dans mon âme’ in Act I, Eurydice's aria 'Cet asile aimable et tranquille’ in Act II, the trio 'Tendre Amour’ in Act III, and revised dances in Act II.
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| World premiere: |
2 August 1774, Paris Opéra |
| ROH premiere: |
14 September 2015, The Royal Opera |
| ROH company premiere: |
14 September 2015, The Royal Opera, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |