Orpheus, a marvelous figure in baroque opera
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Cantata, Marvelous, Baroque music, Orpheus, OperaAbstract
The character of Orpheus is present in the greatest lyrical works from the beginning to the end of the Baroque period (Peri, Caccini, Monteverdi, Gluck). He also appears in operas (Rossi, Charpentier, L. de Lully), ballets (J.B. Lully) or cantatas (Rameau) in which the various modalities of the wonderful Baroque music are expressed through this polymorphous myth. Orpheus can also be seen as a metaphor for the synthesis of the arts, proper to opera.
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Le texte de cette conférence a été conçu pour introduire une représentation de La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers de Marc-Antoine Charpentier, le 27 octobre 2009, au théâtre de Sabará, MG, dans le cadre de la II Semana de Musica Antiga da UFMG.
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