Orpheus and Eurydice : the Appia staging /

This production of Gluck's opera is a recreation of the historic staging of this work by Swiss designer Adolphe Appia and Jacques Dalcroze in 1912. Appia's innovations in design and staging were an effort to restore to the theater some of the vitality and integrity it had lost since antiqu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787
Corporate Authors:	Films for the Humanities (Firm), Warwick University Chamber Choir, Warwick University Chamber Orchestra, University of Warwick. Arts Centre, University of Warwick Joint School of Theatre Studies and Music Centre, Festival of Switzerland in Britain
Other Authors:	Appia, Adolphe, 1862-1928, Jenkin, Kathryn, Keeble, Gaynor, Thomas, David, 1942-, Touchin, Colin M., Wagstaff, Lindsay
Format:	Conference Proceeding Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Performed in English.
Published:	Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2003.
Series:	Theatre in video.
Subjects:	Appia, Adolphe, > 1862-1928. Eurydice > (Greek mythological character) > Drama. Operas. Orpheus > (Greek mythological character) > Drama. Nonfiction films. Documentary films. Internet videos.
Online Access:	Connect to this online video

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Summary:	This production of Gluck's opera is a recreation of the historic staging of this work by Swiss designer Adolphe Appia and Jacques Dalcroze in 1912. Appia's innovations in design and staging were an effort to restore to the theater some of the vitality and integrity it had lost since antiquity and his methods were the basis of modern theatrical design.
Item Description:	Originally published as a DVD. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 streaming video (91 min.)
Production Credits:	Director of the stage production, David Thomas; choreographer, Selma Odom; video director, Peter Bowen; video producer, Rikki Holland; libretto translated by David Thomas and Colin Touchin.