''Orpheus and Eurydice'' (russian: Орфей и Эвридика, Orfey i Evridika}, ) is a 1975 rock opera album by

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composer

Alexander Zhurbin Alexander Borisovich Zhurbin (Алекса́ндр Бори́сович Журби́н; born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 7 August 1945) is a Russian composer. Biography Alexander Borisovich Zhurbin was born in Tashkent. In 1963, he graduate ...

with a libretto by Yuri Dimitrin. In 2003, the Opera was included in the

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records as the musical, the maximum number of times played in one team (at the time of registration of the record the play was performed 2350 times).

Cast

The album was recorded by soviet rock band

Pojuschie Gitary Pojuschie Gitary (russian: Поющие гитары , ''The Singing Guitars'') were the Soviet Union's first rock band to reach a phenomenal rate of success and popularity in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and in other countries. For that reaso ...

, and features the following performers: * Albert Asadullin as

Orpheus Orpheus (; Ancient Greek: Ὀρφεύς, classical pronunciation: ; french: Orphée) is a Thracian bard, legendary musician and prophet in ancient Greek religion. He was also a renowned poet and, according to the legend, travelled with J ...

* Irina Ponarovskaya as

Eurydice Eurydice (; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη 'wide justice') was a character in Greek mythology and the Auloniad wife of Orpheus, who tried to bring her back from the dead with his enchanting music. Etymology Several meanings for the name ...

*Bogdan Wiwczaroski as Charon *Olga Levitskaya as Fortune

Track listing

Part 1: # Overture (1:37) # Orpheus fell in love with Eurydice... (1:09) # The first duet of Orpheus and Eurydice and the song of Orpheus ("When Orpheus Sings") (5:38) # Choir of Messengers ("It's coming, it's coming...") (1:38) # Farewell scene (1:25) # Eurydice's Aria ("The Song of the Dewdrop") (3:43) # Eurydice's Parting Words (0:37) # The First Song ("Look Around") (2:18) # Interlude (1:36) # Singers and Fortune (4:22) # Competition of Singers (4:26) # Orpheus's Performance (3:16) # Glorification Scene (4:34) # The Appearance of Fortune ("Called me, called me, my singer...") (3:05) # Charon's Song ("Another youngster meets spring...") (2:58) # Meet, Eurydice (1:06) # The first return of Orpheus (4:44) # The second song ("Forgive us, Eurydice...") (1:59) Part 2: # Interlude ("Storm over the Lake") and Eurydice's song ("Orpheus, I know her by sight...") (6:00) # Eurydice and Charon duet (1:59) # Drunken Scene (4:18) # Aria of Fortune ("All unlucky as one...") (2:49) # Scene of Orpheus and Charon and Charon's song (8:32) # Aria of Orpheus ("I Lost Eurydice...") (3:52) # Parting Words of Fortune (1:39) # The Third Song ("Pendulum") (2:29) # Waiting for Orpheus (1:27) # Meet Eurydice (0:41) # Scene of the second return of Orpheus (3:13) # Chorus of Messengers ("It's coming, it's coming...") (2:04) # The Disappearance of Eurydice (1:34) # Finale (3:50)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Orpheus And Eurydice (Rock Opera) 1975 albums Rock operas Rock albums by Russian artists Operas about Orpheus 1975 musicals Russian musicals