Countertenor: Philippe Jaroussky
Conductor: Diego Fasolis
I Barocchisti
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
18 May 2018

Countertenor: Franco Fagioli
Unknown orchestra
Recorded live at Versailles Palace
7 November 2013
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Gluck had written first written Orfeo ed Euridice based on the Greek legend Orpheus in 1762, which was then revised in french as Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41 in 1774.

The aria "Che farò senza Euridice" comes in Act 3, immediately following a recitative when Orpheus turns around and Euridice dies. The harmonies and the cheerful C major used in this aria does not reflect the mournful circumstances which is going on on stage.

The main difference between both versions is the coda of the aria, where it ends with a subdued reinstatement of the falling motif sung by Orpheus, while the Paris version has a more virtuosic coda. This coda, from what I have heard, could be sung in 2 ways, a powerful ending, like the one sung by Marilyn Horne here: [ Ссылка ], or the quieter one I chose, sung by Fagioli.

Unfortunately, I was only able to find a score of the Paris version with French text.
Though both English and Italian cc is provided for that one.
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Vienna 1762 (Original) - Philippe Jaroussky: 0:00
Paris 1774 - Franco Fagioli: 3:52
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English:
What will I do without Euridice?
Where will I go without my beloved?

Euridice, oh God, answer me!
Yet I still belong to you faithfully.

Euridice! Ah, no help comes to me anymore,
No hope anymore,
Neither from this world, nor from heaven.
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Italian
Che farò senza Euridice?
Dove andrò senza il mio ben?

Euridice, o Dio, rispondi!
Io son pure il tuo fedele.

Euridice! Ah, non m´avanza
più soccorso, più speranza
ne dal mondo, ne dal ciel.
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Originally composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck in 1762
With Italian libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi

Revised in 1774
With French libretto by Pierre-Louis Moline

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