Orphée et Eurydice

None of that with Gluck's opera. His opera ends with a happy ending, in which Amor and the power of love are sung and Orpheus is united with his Eurydice.

The well-known Orpheus story has been reduced to its essence in Gluck's version. A compact drama for three characters: Orphée, Eurydice and L'Amour. After the sudden death of his young wife, Orpheus travels to the underworld to retrieve her from the realm of shadows. During his journey, the mythical singer is stopped by spirits, but his singing eventually manages to take him to the Elysian fields, where he finds Eurydice. She refuses to follow Orpheus and to exchange her existence in oblivion for the earthly vale of tears. When she finally follows him, Orpheus looks back and with the violation of the previously imposed prohibition, the sorrowful husband loses his beloved for the second time. At the end, the ever-victorious god of love Amor returns the grieving Orpheus to his beloved.

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