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 ...

Opera À La Carte San Diego, which made its debut in May 2024 with an intimate East Village production of Puccini’s “La bohème,” will return later this month with an opera that has never been stage in ...

It’s a tale familiar from Virgil and Ovid. The beautiful Eurydice, newly married to the musician Orpheus, is killed by a snakebite. Overcome with grief, Orpheus descends to Hades to bring her back to ...

The opera itself contains many ballet numbers, so the dance element makes sense. And McGregor resists the temptation to have his troupe – 14 dancers in all – on stage throughout, instead focussing his ...