Amour the messenger of the gods tells Orpheus that he may descend to the underworld and return with Eurydice His singing has the power to appease the Furies and animate the blessed Shadows Yet his ...

“Orpheus is a singer; he rescued Eurydice with the power of song.” When Claudio Monteverdi presented L’Orfeo in 1607, he began Italian opera. During Possente Spirto, his version of Orpheus ...

NEW YORK — For a trip to hell and back, the Metropolitan Opera’s season-closing revival of Christoph Willibald Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice” is journey full of pleasures. The “beautiful ...

the quintessential archetype of the poet, embarking on a journey that will lead him into the depths of the underworld, in a desperate attempt to bring his deceased wife Eurydice back to life ...

When the myth about Eurydice is told it’s really the story of Orpheus: how he falls in love with her, how devasted he is when she gets bitten by a snake and dies, and how he goes to the underworld and ...

Grammy-winning countertenor Iestyn Davies will perform as Orpheus, with Australian soprano Samantha Clarke taking the roles of Eurydice and Amore. Laurence Cummings conducts, bringing together ...