The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice has inspired operas from the beginning of the art form, more than 400 years ago. Tonight, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City plays host to a new iteration: ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Erin Morley provides a beautiful preview for the upcoming production of Eurydice ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The composer Matthew Aucoin and Sarah Ruhl’s teeming, wearying adaptation of her play is a contemporary vision of the Orpheus myth. By Zachary Woolfe ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Eurydice begins performances at the Metropolitan Opera on November 23rd. With ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by For several years, the composer Matthew Aucoin corresponded with Sarah Ruhl about how to adapt her play into the Met Opera’s latest premiere. By ...

Aucoin, 31, is a polymath: the recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant, he's a pianist, conductor, composer, impresario and writer. And he loves opera—even if he finds it an "impossible" art form. "I ...