- Jacopo Peri and Stephen Oliver
Euridice (arr. and trans. Stephen Oliver)
- Novello & Co Ltd (World)
Opera in three acts.
- 001(bcl)0/0110/perc/pf/Banjo(gtr)/str(1.0.0.0.1)
- chorus
- 3 Basses, Countertenor, 3 Mezzo Sopranos, 4 Sopranos, 4 Tenors
- Stephen Oliver
- Ottavio Rinuccini
Programme Note
BRIEF SYNOPSIS
The story of Orpheus and Euridice, written to be played at a wedding. Tragedy enters in the prologue and blandly informs us that the ending has been changed in honour of the happy pair: Orpheus may keep his lady.
The story of Orpheus and Euridice, written to be played at a wedding. Tragedy enters in the prologue and blandly informs us that the ending has been changed in honour of the happy pair: Orpheus may keep his lady.