Gluck: Orpheus und Eurydike - A Dance Opera by Pina Bausch [Blu-ray]
Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock | Composer(s): Christoph W. Gluck | Choreography and stage direction: Pina Bausch | Performer(s): Julia Kleiter, Sunhae Im, Maria Riccarda Wesseling | Orchestra/Ensemble: Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble, Balthasar-Neumann Chorus | Label: Bel Air Classiques | Blu-ray | Picture format: 16:9 | Sound format: PPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1 | File host: Share-online.biz | 5% recovery record + 1 .rev files | Run time: 104 minutes | 23.32 GB
Language(s): German | Subtitle(s): French, German, English, Spanish, Italian
Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock | Composer(s): Christoph W. Gluck | Choreography and stage direction: Pina Bausch | Performer(s): Julia Kleiter, Sunhae Im, Maria Riccarda Wesseling | Orchestra/Ensemble: Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble, Balthasar-Neumann Chorus | Label: Bel Air Classiques | Blu-ray | Picture format: 16:9 | Sound format: PPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1 | File host: Share-online.biz | 5% recovery record + 1 .rev files | Run time: 104 minutes | 23.32 GB
Language(s): German | Subtitle(s): French, German, English, Spanish, Italian
This is in a class by itself: it is the late choreographer Pina Bausch's vision of Gluck's Orfeo, originally produced in Germany in 1975. This performance took place at Paris' Palais Garnier in February, 2008. Bausch presents two sets of protagonists--for each solo singing part there is a solo dancer--with the dancing, of course, taking physical precedence, but with the singers thoroughly engaged as well. You might think this awkward on stage but it is not; like any great choreographer, Bausch knows her space, and furthermore has choreographed minimal movements for the singers to emotionally mirror the dancers'. Just so you know, Bausch eschews Gluck's happy ending: both main characters remain dead at this performance's close.
