Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice

2000 1h 39m FR

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★9.5TMDB · 2

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Synopsis

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Film recording of Robert Wilson’s stage production of the opera by Gluck. John Eliot Gardiner conducts Berlioz’s 1859 revision of Gluck’s opera “Orphée et Eurydice” at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Soloists Magdalena Kožená, Madeline Bender and Patricia Petibon are accompanied by Gardiner’s regular chorus, The Monteverdi Choir, and the 19th-century period instruments of the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Magdalena Kožená
Orphée
Madeline Bender
Eurydice
Patricia Petibon
Amour
John Eliot Gardiner
Conductor

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Robert Wilson
Languages: French

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ERA

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26 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 5

CAST

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Magdalena Kožená and Madeline Bender and Patricia Petibon carry the top of the cast.

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4 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0260102 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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5 / 5

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Robert Wilson directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in French.

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126 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Magdalena Kožená and Madeline Bender and Patricia Petibon carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt0260102 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.