ORFEO ED EURIDICE (C.W. Gluck)

The Metropolitan Opera's 2007 production of Gluck's early masterpiece marked The Met debut of Mr. Morris, who directed and choreographed his second production on the work. This followed his 1996 version with Handel & Haydn Society. One of the world's leading counter tenors, David Daniels, took on the role of Orfeo, who rescues his beloved Euridice from the underworld, and returns to the role again for 5 performances only. Antony Walker conducts the Metropolitan Opera orchestra.

Production by Mark Morris

Sets by Allen Moyer

Costumes by Isaac Mizrahi

Lighting by James F. Ingalls

Choreography by Mark Morris

Five performances only
Friday, April 29, 2011, 8:00 pm
Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 8:00 pm
Saturday, May 7, 2011, 8:00 pm
Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 8:00 pm
Saturday, May 14, 2011, 9:00 pm

Lincoln Center Tickets 212-362-6000

MET PREMIERE: May 2, 2007

May 2, 2007
From Terry Teachout's Blog, In abeyance
"I just got back from the opening night of Mark Morris' Metropolitan Opera production of Orfeo ed Euridice. I'm still sorting out my complicated thoughts about the staging, but I can definitely say that it ranks with The Coast of Utopia as the most important and consequential theatrical spectacle of the current season. The provisional bottom line: you need to see it...

AUDIO/VIDEO

"Morris' Met Opera Debut" (Interview with Jeff Spurgeon on WQXR) Realplayer or All other media sources
"Mark Morris on Charlie Rose" (Rountable discussion with Maestro James Levine) Watch

PREVIEWS
"For Morris, opera is a natural" (Opera News) Read more
"Morris talks about Orfeo" (Chronicle of Higher Education) Read more
"I like to throw an opera, as Mae West said once." (Playbill) Read more
"It's like your bar mitzvah..." (New York Daily News) Read more

REVIEWS
"Morris's vision makes Gluck opera shine" (Associated Press) Read more
"Watching, you feel as if you were being borne through the air too." (The New York Times) Read more
"The creative team sees the opera as a mythical tale, passed down and pondered through the ages, about the cycles of life and death." (The New York Times) Read more
"The results are strange and beautiful, which is to say typically Morris." (Bloomberg) Read more
"Alive with a love of life and music." (New York Post) Read more
"History watched from the bleachers in 'Orfeo'" (Metro New York) Read more