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In 1774, 12 years after he composed a tradition-­busting Italian opera version of the mythical tale of Orpheus and Eurydice, Christoph Willibald Gluck revised it for presentation in Paris. With an eye ...

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Virginia Opera took a courageous leap into the world of contemporary opera Saturday when it opened the Virginia premiere of Philip Glass’ 1993 opera “Orphée” at the Harrison Opera House. Whatever ...

Baritone Matthew Worth as Oprhée and soprano Sara Jakubiak as Eurydice in the Virginia Opera’s production of Orphée. Photograph by David A. Beloff. Glass’s opera is the latest in a long line of ...

In May of 1774, 15 years before the French Revolution, the 18-year-old Marie Antoinette ascended the throne as queen of France. Less than a month before that, German composer Christoph Willibald Gluck ...

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.

In celebration of composer Philip Glass' 85th birthday, the LSU's Turner-Fischer Center for Opera will perform his opera, "Orphée" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 8, and 3 p.m. Sunday, April 10, in the ...

The more you ponder the organic marriage of music and dance in Orphée⁺, Against the Grain Theatre’s co-production with Opera Columbus and the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, the more you begin ...