San Francisco opera has opened a dazzling new production of Christoph Willibald Gluck's "Orpheus and Eurydice," the classic tale of ancient Greek musician Orpheus and his travels to the underworld to ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Eurydice by Matthew Aucoin—the youngest composer to have a Metropolitan Opera premiere since 1938—reimagines the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus from Eurydice's ...

‘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, ...

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 ...

When composer Matthew Aucoin’s “Eurydice” first played New York’s Metropolitan Opera, the production boasted an offstage chorus and an orchestra of around 70 players. Hailed as an “arresting tour de ...

Testini is making her directing debut at Pacific Opera Victoria this week, the latest step forward in a career for the ...

Music moves people to tears, forges strong personal connections, unlocks long-forgotten memories and can provide comfort. In recent years, scientists have also found that music can help improve brain ...

About to ascend back to the living, Eurydice, played by Sydney Mancasola (right), calls out in fear to Orpheus, played by Elliot Madore (left), sealing her fate in BLO's production of "Eurydice." ...

It’s not new for Tacoma Opera to explore topics with political implications. During Forgey’s tenure as director, the company ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Gluck's opera had already taken Europe by storm when he was invited to ...