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The music plays second fiddle to Australian circus company Circa in Yaron Lifschitz’s production of Gluck's great opera. 

The latest revival of the company’s 2007 stylish production of Gluck’s operatic take on the Orpheus myth is enlivened with superb singing and dancing.

Gareth Farr re-orchestrates Gluck in Neil Ieremia's imaginative reinterpretation of the Orpheus myth for New Zealand Opera. 

Gianluca Capuano and Les Musiciens du Prince open the Pfingstfestspiele with a bang in a profound interpretation of Gluck’s masterpiece, where Cecilia Bartoli shines in her debut as Orfeo.

Several notable house debuts, including the renowned director and choreographer Sabuto Teshigawara, enlivened the New National Theatre's first-ever production of Gluck's opera.

Seattle Opera’s tiny Tagney Jones Hall hosts a new production of Gluck's opera, but without the happy ending he was forced to provide. 

Jamie Barton's rich, mellifluous mezzo is ideal for singing Orfeo.

Centuries can envelop a musical masterpiece in a cocoon of misconceptions and false interpretations as much they leave their mark in the form of dirt and grime on a painting’s surface.

The young singers spin any raw material into opera gold, sending the audience home as uplifted as if they’d just glugged a bellyful of Pimm’s.

Classical Opera takes a break from Mozart with two short operas by Gluck.

Robert Carsen's minimalist modern reading of Gluck's masterpiece is a pure distillation of opera (and life) and the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma.

With a potent cast and excellent dancing, this is a sophisticated take on Gluck's opera. 

Gluck sought simplicity; Longborough Festival Opera delivers simplicity with a most enjoyable and engaging production of Orfeo

Director and choreographer Jo Strømgren's production of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice brings together ballet and opera, but succeeds only with limited results.

Juan Diego Flórez turns in a tour de force in the title role of a consistently attractive and inventive performance of Gluck's ballet-laden Orphée et Eurydice.

A superb revival of Karole Armitage's staging of Gluck's masterpiece at Teatro di San Carlo.

Scottish Opera's imaginative Orfeo ed Euridice is a well sung wild visial feast with added dancing thrown into the mix by Ashley Page. 

An updated Orfeo and Eurydice at Buxton sees Orpheus as an ageing rocker, too distracted by adoring groupies to notice Eurydice. However, one piece of casting was an unsolvable conundrum. 

Remarkable commitment from the RNCM Vocal Department in an entrancing Gluck double bill, of the forgotten L’ivrogne corrigé and the famous Orfeo ed Euridice.

The version of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice sung last night at the Cadogan Hall was based on the original Italian version (1762) but included elements of a later French version. The various parts of nymphs, shepherds, Furies etc. were all sung by the ~150 strong London Concert Choir who produced a rich and well balanced sound which supported the main action very well.

Read our review of Mark Morris' production of Gluck­'s Orfeo ed Euridice in its 2009 broadcast from the Met Opera in New York.

Orfeo ed Euridice de Carsen, otro hito en Les Arts bajo la dirección de Iglesias Noriega. 

Orfeo ed Euridice, la obra con la que Gluck reforma el género operístico, conquista el Teatro Real bajo la batuta de René Jacobs.

Jakub Józef Orliński führt ein glänzendes Sängerensemble an.

Carlos Mena se pone al frente del Coro y la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia para dirigir la ópera de Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice.

Le metteur en scène canadien donne une version épurée et poignante de l'opéra de Gluck. Philippe Jaroussky, en Orphée, atteint des sommets d'expressivité.

Dans le cadre de son festival "Les Jardins mystérieux", l'Opéra de Lyon propose une lecture originale et unique d'Orfeo ed Euridice de Gluck. Un voyage dans l'inconscient, laissant donc parfois de côté la logique, mais dans lequel le talent des artistes se met au service d'une mise en scène qui ose.