The earliest mentions of a supreme musician called Orpheus date back to the sixth century BCE, and in the fourth century BCE the philosopher Plato commented specifically on the myth of Orpheus and ...

Two things about Gluck’s “Orpheus and Eurydice,” his 1762 opera, are not only the power and beauty of its melodies but also the sensation in a listener that the 260-year-old work is surprisingly ...

Set in a 1950s “Mad Men”-era dreamscape, Inland Northwest Opera’s all-new production of Christoph Gluck’s “Orpheus and Eurydice” reimagines Orpheus, the hapless hero, as a musician mourning the loss ...

From March 1 to March 10, Boston Lyric Opera presented a new production of “Eurydice,” which originally premiered at Los Angeles Opera in 2020. The golden child of Boston-born composer Matthew A.

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The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice has inspired operas from the beginning of the art form, more than 400 years ago. Tonight, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City plays host to a new iteration: ...

Second-year Meg Brooks and 2008 alumnus Dave Nagel stare into each other’s eyes. Second-year Meg Brooks and 2008 alumnus Dave Nagel embrace before Eurydice (Brooks) is lost in the Underworld.

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‘Modernizing’ opera with spare sets and costuming is an attractive proposition from several angles—smaller budgets and reduced complexity, among them. It can work because set dressing should, rightly, ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook The musical “Hadestown” and the opera “Eurydice” aim to offer new twists on a Greek myth. But when it comes to their heroine, they ...