Two things about Gluck’s “Orpheus and Eurydice,” his 1762 opera, are not only the power and beauty of its melodies but also the sensation in a listener that the 260-year-old work is surprisingly ...

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Set in a 1950s “Mad Men”-era dreamscape, Inland Northwest Opera’s all-new production of Christoph Gluck’s “Orpheus and Eurydice” reimagines Orpheus, the hapless hero, as a musician mourning the loss ...

The Dallas Opera is presenting Christoph Willibald Gluck’s famous 1762 opera, “Orpheus and Eurydice,” for the first time. In this production, director Joachim Schamberger has reimagined the staging to ...

But how much does it really add to the unfolding drama? The theme of this year’s EIF is The Truth We Seek, and there’s a useful essay in the programme about how, in Orpheus, Gluck sought to restore ...

San Francisco opera has opened a dazzling new production of Christoph Willibald Gluck's "Orpheus and Eurydice," the classic tale of ancient Greek musician Orpheus and his travels to the underworld to ...

What: Gluck's "Orphee et Eurydice," arranged by Berlioz. Where: Alice Busch Opera Theater, Otsego Lake, Cooperstown, New York. When: July 8th 2007 at 2:00 p.m. (Performances in repertory through ...

Dominated almost to the point of imbalance by its ballet interludes, Gluck’s telling more than any other celebrates music itself – the heroic force for which the grieving Orpheus is merely a vessel.

Tenor Hew Wagner will appear on stage as Orpheus in a lead role in Lyster Opera's upcoming production of Christoph Willibald ...

When: 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 29; 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 31. Where: Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, 1001 W. Sprague Ave. Cost: $25-$92. Info: For information ...