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African American mezzo-soprano Shirley Verrett is heard here in an excerpt from the celebrated aria “Che faro senza Euridice?” (“What will I do without Eurydice?”) from act III of Orfeo ed Euridice, an opera by German composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. The opera had its premiere in Vienna in 1762.
"'Che faro senza Euridice?' from Orfeo ed Euridice" composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, performed by Shirley Verrett, mezzo-soprano with I Virtuosi di Roma, Renato Fasano, conductor, from Orfeo ed Euridice (Cat.# BMG Classics 7896-2-RG) (c)and(p)1990 BMG Music. Courtesy of BMG Classics. All rights reserved.