A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Orphée et Euridice

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From volume 2 of the work.

1809479A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — Orphée et EuridiceGeorge GroveGeorge Grove

ORPHEE ET EURIDICE. 'Heroic drama in 3 acts,' translated and adapted by Moline from the Orfeo ed Euridice of Calsabigi; music by Gluck, also slightly altered from the earlier work. Produced at the Académie de Musique, Aug. 2, 1774. It ran for 45 consecutive nights, and was played 297 times up to 1848. It was revived at the Théâtre Lyrique Nov. 19, 1859, by Madame Viardot. [See Orfeo ed Euridice.]

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