C. W. von Gluck: Orfeo

Contents

• General preface
• List of illustrations
• Acknowledgements
• 1. The Orpheus myth in operatic history Eve Barsham
• 2. The libretto Patricia Howard
• 3. Synopsis Patricia Howard
• 4. 'The most moving act in all opera' Patricia Howard
• 5. The initial impact Hans Heimler, Patricia Howard and Eve Barsham
• 6. From Orfeo to Orphee Patricia Howard
• 7. The opera in the nineteenth century Eve Barsham and Patricia Howard
• 8. The opera in the twentieth century Sir Charles Mackerras, Tom Hammond, John Eliot Gardiner, Patricia Howard and Kevin Smith
• 9. Table of numbers compiled by Eve Barsham
• Discography Malcolm Walker
• Index.