The world’s oldest surviving opera, Jacopo Peri’s “Euridice,” was written 420 years ago. On Saturday night at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles Opera presented the premiere of the world’s ...
The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice has inspired operas from the beginning of the art form, more than 400 years ago. Tonight, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City plays host to a new iteration: ...
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." ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by For several years, the composer Matthew Aucoin corresponded with Sarah Ruhl about how to adapt her play into the Met Opera’s latest premiere. By ...
Before a single line of Sarah Ruhl’s 2003 play “Eurydice” is spoken, a curious stage direction stands like a sentinel at its front gate. Ruhl’s production notes specify that in this reimagining of the ...
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In film, the post-filming editing process is as important as any part of filmmaking. But with opera, everything that leads to success comes together during rehearsal week, where pieces get added ...
Aucoin, 31, is a polymath: the recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant, he's a pianist, conductor, composer, impresario and writer. And he loves opera—even if he finds it an "impossible" art form. "I ...