ORPHÉE ET EURYDICE

Roberto Alagna (tenor), Serena Gamberoni (soprano) & Marc Barrard (baritone) Teatro Comunale di Bologna Orchestra, Giampaolo Bisanti Libretto Pierre-Louis Moline Subtitles: French, English, German, Spanish, Italian Length: 104 minutes - Bonus: Backstage & Interviews Colour 16/9 - PCM STEREO, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Theatrical and musical adaptation in one prologue and three acts by David Alagna Filmed in High Definition at the Bologna Opera, January 2008 THE PERFORMANCE: Roberto Alagna as Orpheus in his brother David's new version of Gluck’s masterpiece. A major event recorded in Bologna. Opting for the French-language version of Orpheus, David Alagna was faced with the task of achieving an appropriately subtle adaptation. In a plot transposed to the present day, Eurydice dies in a car accident on the day of her wedding and Orpheus's quest for his beloved is a dream beginning and ending at the cemetery. No happy ending in this interpretation, but a new approac