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Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41, Act 1 Scene 2: Air, "Accablé de regrets" (Orphée) by Anne Sofie Von Otter/Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon/Sir John Eliot Gardiner album cover

Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41, Act 1 Scene 2: Air, "Accablé de regrets" (Orphée)

by Anne Sofie Von Otter/Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon/Sir John Eliot Gardiner

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About "Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41, Act 1 Scene 2: Air, "Accablé de regrets" (Orphée)" by Anne Sofie Von Otter/Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon/Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Crushed by regret, the air unfolds in slow, weighted arcs. Von Otter’s mezzo is a study in controlled anguish, every phrase sinking deeper into despair. The orchestra mirrors her burden, strings sighing like a heavy heart, until the final cadence offers no release—only exhaustion.