Expertly wrought, finely produced, and performed with genuine show-biz verve, Eurydice should provide management with an epiphany: This is what we’re supposed to be doing - and it’s fun. Opera in February, 2020, just before COVID shut performances down, and its arrival at the Met was supposed to take place last year. Matthew Aucoin’s Eurydice had its world premiere at L.A. For the second time in two months, a new opera has popped onto the august stage in a cloud of high-precision excitement. This live transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.Erin Morley as Eurydice, in both hell and her feels. Bass-baritone Nathan Berg is Eurydice’s father and fellow resident of the underworld, with tenor Barry Banks as Hades himself. Soprano Erin Morley sings the title role, opposite baritone Joshua Hopkins as Orpheus and countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński as his otherworldly alter-ego.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin oversees the December 4 transmission, leading Aucoin’s evocative music and an immersive new staging by Mary Zimmerman. With a libretto by Sarah Ruhl, adapted from her acclaimed 2003 play, the opera reimagines the familiar tale from Eurydice’s point of view. Brilliant American composer Matthew Aucoin now carries that tradition into the 21st century with a captivating new take on the story-a product of the Met’s commissioning program.
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.
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