Sunday, July 15, 2007

Gluck: Orphee et Eurydice

The phenomenal contralto Ewa Podles in Gluck's Orphee et Eurydice. She scales three octaves! She attacks the coloratura passages with such intensity I couldn't decide whether she's being possessed by the demon or having an orgasm.

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