Baritone Matthew Worth as Oprhée and soprano Sara Jakubiak as Eurydice in the Virginia Opera’s production of Orphée. Photograph by David A. Beloff. Glass’s opera is the latest in a long line of ...
Dominated almost to the point of imbalance by its ballet interludes, Gluck’s telling more than any other celebrates music itself – the heroic force for which the grieving Orpheus is merely a vessel.
The myth of Orpheus, who pursues his beloved Eurydice into the afterlife, is as old as time. And last weekend’s Pacific MusicWorks production of Gluck’s opera based on that story — “Orphée et Eurydice ...
The 2022-2023 season is the first for the Edmonton Opera since its pandemic shutdown in March 2020. Globally, the pandemic forced performers to abandon live performance. After it became clear that ...