Orphée et Eurydice (1961)

Genres - Music, Theater  |   Sub-Genres - Opera  |   Run Time - 88 min.  |   Countries - Canada  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Nathan Southern

This production of Christoph Willibald Gluck's 1762 opera Orphée et Eurydice - an adaptation of the seminal Greek myth about a young lover who must rescue his intended from the underworld - constitutes not a film of a stage play (as might be expected) but a special adaptation for Canadian television that originally aired in 1961. It stars Canadian tenor Léopold Simoneau and Pierrette Alarie as the two leads and Claire Gagnier as Amour; the Orchestra of Radio-Canada, under the baton of Otto Werner-Mueller, provides symphonic accompaniment.