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 ...
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 ...
Suddenly Orpheus spots someone in the branches of the tree above him - it is Eurydice, the nymph (or spirit) of the tree. She encourages him to play on and he, in turn, encourages her to come and ...
The Edinburgh International Festival has announced its 2025 theme and initial performances, featuring a diverse lineup of ...
The Greeks knew this: Orpheus, the peerless and beautiful singer, won the charming Eurydice. But Aristaeus, ancient kin of Pan, whose very name meant the good, pursued her one day, and she was ...
The musical, which won a Tony Award, was also inspired by the Greek myth of Eurydice and her lover Orpheus. Ruhl’s “Eurydice” ...
The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, as imagined by composer Christoph Willibald Gluck for his groundbreaking 1762 opera, will return to the Israeli Opera next Monday with a fresh vision by Yehezkel ...
As Justice explained, “Eurydice” tells a tragedy of characters, Eurydice and Orpheus, and their testament of love after loss.
Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice is a different perspective from the mythical story of Orpheus and Eurydice. The play follows Eurydice into the underworld where she finds her father and has to fight to ...
The opera-film, as opposed to Gluck's Vienna version, is a recollection of the ancient tragic Greek myth. Orpheus, who is able to defeat Hades with the power of art, is unable to conquer his own ...