Addio o miei sospiri

Christoph Willibald Gluck (*Erasbach, 2 luglio 1714 ~Vienna, 15 novembre 1787)

"Orfeo ed Euridice", Wq.30 3 atti, 1762
Premiere: 1762-10-05 in Vienn at Burgtheater.
Libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi (1714-1795)
(Revised extensively in 1774 with a Libretto by Pierre-Louis Moline as 'Orphée et Eurydice', Wq.41)

Atto Primo, Scèna 2
ORFEO (Solo), *Gaetano Guadagni, Alto Castrato as Orfeo
"ARIA: Addio, o miei sospiri"

Addio, o miei sospiri!
Han speme i miei desiri!
Per lei soffrir vo' tutto
Ed ogni duol sfidar!
Io vo'da l'altre sponde
Varcar si Stige l'onde
E de l'orrento Tartaro
Le Furie superar!

Sopranista: Aris Christofellis (Male Soprano)
Ensemble Seisentonovecento & Flavio Colusso

*Gaetano Guadagni (*1728 ~1792)

"Orfeo ed Euridice based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi, belongs to the genre of the Azione Teatrale, meaning an Opera on a mythological subject with choruses and dancing. The piece was first performed at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 5 October 1762, in the presence of Empress Maria Theresa. Orfeo ed Euridice is the first of Gluck's "reform" operas, in which he attempted to replace the abstruse plots and overly complex music of opera seria with a "noble simplicity" in both the music and the Drama."



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