Seattle Opera: O+E

Hai-Ting Chinn, mezzo-soprano
Tess Altiveros, soprano
Serena Eduljee, soprano
Lucy Tucker Yates, music director
Kelly Kitchens, stage director
Kathryn Van Meter, choreographer
Julia Hayes Welch, set design
Chelsea Cook, costume designer
Thorn Michaels, lighting designer

Christoph Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice

Journey to hell and back with a new twist on Gluck’s classic telling of Orpheus and Eurydice. In this timeless tale of love lost, lamented, and reborn, the anointed artist O slips into a feverish dream while sitting vigil at the hospital bedside of her mortally wounded wife. In the blink of an eye, O experiences a flood of emotional trials which threaten to forever extinguish the bond she shares with her beloved E. After demonstrating the depth of their love, O and E are led back from the brink by A (Amore) – the surgeon with the power to save E's life. A groundbreaking musical adaptation of the legendary protagonist’s descent into grief and subsequent return to grace receives an innovative and intimate staging with all-female leading characters.

Performed in English. Approximate running time is 80 minutes with no intermission.

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