Dance of the Blessed Spirits is a melody from Orpheus and Eurydice, an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi. It belongs to the genre of the azione teatrale, meaning an opera on a mythological subject with choruses and dancing. The opera is the most popular of Gluck’s works, and was one of the most influential on subsequent German operas. Giovanni Sgambati (May 28, 1841 – December 14, 1914) was an Italian pianist and composer. – Yuja Wang
Dance of the Blessed Spirits: Other Performances
Yuja Wang
Hélène Grimaud
Ginette Neveu, Violin
Others Dances by Wang
Brahms, Dance No. 1
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor
Stravinsky – Petrushka, Russian dance
Trois mouvements de Petrushka, No. 1
