Orpheus and Eurydice (rock opera)

Orpheus and Eurydice (Russian: Орфей и Эвридика, romanized: Orfey i Evridika, IPA: [ɐrˈfʲej ˈi ɪvrʲɪˈdʲikə]) is a 1975 rock opera album by Russian composer Alexander Zhurbin with a libretto by Yuri Dimitrin.

In 2003, the Opera was included in the Guinness book 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).^{[1][citation needed]}

Cast[edit]

The album was recorded by soviet rock band Pojuschie Gitary, and features the following performers:^[2]

• Albert Asadullin as Orpheus
• Irina Ponarovskaya as Eurydice
• Bogdan Wiwczaroski as Charon
• Olga Levitskaya as Fortune

Track listing[edit]

Part 1:

1. Overture (1:37)
2. Orpheus fell in love with Eurydice... (1:09)
3. The first duet of Orpheus and Eurydice and the song of Orpheus ("When Orpheus Sings") (5:38)
4. Choir of Messengers ("It's coming, it's coming...") (1:38)
5. Farewell scene (1:25)
6. Eurydice's Aria ("The Song of the Dewdrop") (3:43)
7. Eurydice's Parting Words (0:37)
8. The First Song ("Look Around") (2:18)
9. Interlude (1:36)
10. Singers and Fortune (4:22)
11. Competition of Singers (4:26)
12. Orpheus's Performance (3:16)
13. Glorification Scene (4:34)
14. The Appearance of Fortune ("Called me, called me, my singer...") (3:05)
15. Charon's Song ("Another youngster meets spring...") (2:58)
16. Meet, Eurydice (1:06)
17. The first return of Orpheus (4:44)
18. The second song ("Forgive us, Eurydice...") (1:59)

Part 2:

1. Interlude ("Storm over the Lake") and Eurydice's song ("Orpheus, I know her by sight...") (6:00)
2. Eurydice and Charon duet (1:59)
3. Drunken Scene (4:18)
4. Aria of Fortune ("All unlucky as one...") (2:49)
5. Scene of Orpheus and Charon and Charon's song (8:32)
6. Aria of Orpheus ("I Lost Eurydice...") (3:52)
7. Parting Words of Fortune (1:39)
8. The Third Song ("Pendulum") (2:29)
9. Waiting for Orpheus (1:27)
10. Meet Eurydice (0:41)
11. Scene of the second return of Orpheus (3:13)
12. Chorus of Messengers ("It's coming, it's coming...") (2:04)
13. The Disappearance of Eurydice (1:34)
14. Finale (3:50)

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