In an episode from Mad Men (another excellent piece of art dating from 2007), Roger Sterling says it is particularly American to want a “tragedy with a happy ending.” Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice might ...

Right from the outset, indeed, beginning with the overture, this new production of Orfeo ed Euridice, staged by Matthew Ozawa and choreographed by Rena Butler, strikes boldly at the heart of this ...

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One of the oldest stories in Western literature, Orfeo ed Euridice illustrates the power of love and the power of music. Gluck’s version appeared in 1762 and has a lovely, soothing baroque sound.

Mark Morris’s spirited take on the ancient Orpheus myth stars mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton as Orfeo, the grieving lover on a quest through the underworld. Soprano Hei-Kyung Hong sings the plaintive ...

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To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the small but ambitious Castell de Peralada Festival the famous Catalan theatre collective La Fura dels Baus and its director Carlus Padrissa staged Christoph ...

There are few entertainments at the Met more delightful than Mark Morris’s production of Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice,” which adds a helpful note of charm to one of the most serious operas ever written.