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 ...

Vancouver Opera is returning to live performances at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre for the 2021-2022 season. Opening the season is the Vancouver Opera premiere of the timeless love story Orfeo ed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After nearly two years of cancellations and dark houses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kentucky Opera is finally returning to ...

Over many centuries, the myth of Orpheus’ descent into Hades to retrieve his beloved bride, Eurydice, has inspired the works of such immortal composers as Gluck, Haydn, Liszt, Berlioz, Stravinsky and ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Whiz-bang technology, an effective new orchestration, as much flying as you’ll see onstage outside of Peter Pan, ...

Among the company’s annual summer offerings, Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo,” from 1607 but newly reorchestrated and imaginatively staged, stands out. By Joshua Barone Joshua Barone attended “Orfeo” (twice), ...

On June 29th and 30th, Killer Queen Opera Co. will be producing its next fully-staged production: Claudio Monteverdi's La Favola d'Orfeo. Killer Queen Opera's production of L'Orfeo follows Orpheus ...

After nearly two years of cancellations and dark houses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kentucky Opera is finally returning to the stage with its production of "Orfeo." In a first-time collaboration ...