“In our early discussions we talked about love, people falling in love and marrying. “When working with Mary, I know her aesthetic will blend the mythical with contemporary references,” Kuzmanic said when asked about what informed her approach to the costume design. But when Orpheus miraculously arrives to take Eurydice back to the living, she must decide between her adoring father or her devoted husband. Reunited there with her late father, Eurydice attempts to piece together memories of her life on Earth. Just a few hours after her wedding, Eurydice dies and descends into the Underworld. The story brings the heroine out of the shadows and into the forefront of her own narrative. “Eurydice” reimagines the ancient myth of Orpheus and Eurydice for a modern age. “Eurydice” is the sixth collaboration between Zimmerman, as director, and Kuzmanic ’04, as costume designer. The opera boasts a set designed by Northwestern alumnus and former faculty member Daniel Ostling ’96. The adaption features a libretto based on Sarah Ruhl’s 2003 play and music by Matthew Aucoin. The new opera was originally scheduled to receive its Met premiere in November 2020, but was postponed due to the pandemic.
Now, the Greek tale is being told on the stage of the world-famous Metropolitan Opera in New York under the direction and design of award-winning School of Communication faculty members Mary Zimmerman and Ana Kuzmanic.Ī co-commission and co-production with the Metropolitan Opera, “Eurydice” premiered at the Los Angeles Opera last year just before the COVID-19 pandemic. There are numerous books, plays and films all adapted from this timeless myth. Published on ORPHEUS & EURYDICE: Orpheus vs.The story of Orpheus and Eurydice has fueled the imaginations of artists for centuries. Genre Opera Contains tracks ORPHEUS & EURYDICE: Vinson Cole as Orpheus All the music in this playlist (drawn from Seattle Opera’s 19 mainstage performances of the 1774 French version of the opera) will be heard, with different voices, instruments, and language, in the upcoming chamber opera performances. Yates’ starting point was the 1762 version of the opera Gluck composed, to Calzabigi’s Italian text, for performances in Vienna.
In June 2018 Seattle Opera presents a chamber opera version of Gluck’s masterpiece, arranged musically and adapted with a new English text by Lucy Tucker Yates.
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