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Free Download: Christoph Willibald Ritter Von Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice," Acts 2 and 3
Christoph Willibald Ritter Von Gluck (1714-1787) was a Bohemian composer whose operas helped the genre come into its own. Through the 1760s, Gluck collaborated with a Tuscan poet, Ranieri Calzabigi, who wrote the libretto for "Orfeo et Euridice."
This album contains Acts Two and Three of the opera presented two weeks ago and is performed by Collegium Instrumentale Brugensis.
This recording is performed by the Soloists of the Massy Opera Orchestra: Pedro Ibañez, Danuta Glowacka-Pitet, Haïk Davtian, Ghislaine Rouits, and Emmanuelle Cohen.
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