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 ...

It is in three hundred years of the birth of Christoph Willibald Gluck that the CNB order Olga Roriz one Orpheus and Eurydice, based in what was one of the masterful music of German composer. The ...

The earliest mentions of a supreme musician called Orpheus date back to the sixth century BCE, and in the fourth century BCE the philosopher Plato commented specifically on the myth of Orpheus and ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. company's bold new production of Christoph Willibald Gluck's iconic ...

Greek mythology comes to life in this extraordinary gouache and oil on canvas. The exceptionally rare work likely depicts the tragic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Orpheus, a legendary great hero ...

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 ...

Mythlore, Vol. 42, No. 2 (144), Special Issue: Fantasy Goes to Hell (Spring/Summer 2024), pp. 43-60 (20 pages) The story of Orpheus’s failed attempt to bring Eurydice back from the dead is a ...

The ancient Greek myth of Orpheus, who attempts to harness the power of music to rescue his beloved Eurydice from the Underworld, has inspired composers since opera’s earliest days. With a libretto by ...

What cosmic forces are drawing artists to Orpheus and Eurydice these days? Are we all feeling pulled toward the underworld of late? Is it the economy? Whatever the reason, we’re getting a lot of O & E ...

Like Romeo and Juliet, Orpheus and Eurydice share a long, long storytelling history. Young lovers passionately commit to each other only for their union to end badly – for different reasons. Last ...