Ashnaa Sasikaran as Eurydice and Nicholas Watts as Orpheus with members of the Orpheus company We see the respective friends and family gathered, dressed in their best for such an occasion, and the ...

The story begins with the wedding of Orpheus – a musician of mythical power – to Eurydice. But the celebrations are cut brutally short by Eurydice’s sudden death. This is a grief too great for Orpheus ...

What makes Claudio Monteverdi's Favola d'Orfeo (Legend of Orpheus), premiered at the northern Italian court in Mantua in 1607, the very first opera? Naturally there were a few forerunners. However, ...

A groundbreaking new staging of Monteverdi's opera Orpheus is set to open at Opera North in Leeds this October, before touring northern theatres alongside Verdi's La traviata, and concerts of Gluck's ...

Juneau’s Orpheus Project, formerly known as Opera to Go, will present its production of “L’Orfeo: The Tale of Orpheus” on February 12, 13 and 14 in Juneau. The production features music direction by ...

LONDON (Reuters) - One of the world's first operas is coming to a London venue made famous by Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison: Monteverdi's 400-year-old "Orfeo" opens at the Roundhouse on Tuesday.

GREAT BARRINGTON >> Whole seasons can go by in the Berkshires with hardly a whisper of Monteverdi's music performed. Suddenly, an inundation is imminent. During the 24-plus hours beginning at 3 on ...

Get exclusive access to priority onsales and special offers, plus never miss out on the biggest stories from the West End, Off-West End and beyond. The story begins with the wedding of Orpheus – a ...

That’s a big ambition, as the two might seem to have little in common. But Anna Himali Howard’s simple production concept of a marriage celebration, where Orpheus is a white British guy and Eurydice ...