Event Description
English Touring Opera presents Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice, performed in English with English surtitles
Orpheus cannot accept that Eurydice is gone. Rather than face his grief, he is determined to defy the course of fate.
When the Gods present him with a glimmer of hope, he ventures into the Underworld. But what begins as a journey to bring her back becomes a descent into the architecture of his own mind.
In this new version of the myth, Orpheus’ search becomes a strange and shifting world where memory and reality collide.
Composer Leo Grant conveys this musically through new instrumental and electronic re-arrangements and re-compositions of Gluck’s material. These are woven into the original, blurring the boundaries between old and new.
Orpheus & Eurydice is brought to life in a powerful new retelling of this timeless story of love and loss, with a dynamic ensemble of singers and dancers under the direction of Iwan Davies and Jenny Ogilvie. Together, they bring fresh energy to an enduring myth of love, loss and the desire to turn back time.
Tickets
Various prices – book via the Malvern Theatres website or box office (discount available for booking both ETO performances: 13 & 14 November)
