After nearly two years of cancellations and dark houses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kentucky Opera is finally returning to the stage with its production of "Orfeo." In a first-time collaboration ...

Orfeo was not the first opera, pure and simple. Dafne, composed by Jacopo Corsi and Jacopo Peri to a libretto by Ottavio Rinuccini, premiered in Florence in 1598; the score has been lost. Two early ...

Franz Joseph Haydn was busily conducting the first rehearsal of his opera, Orfeo ed Euridice, when into the new King’s Theater walked the royal bailiffs with an order prohibiting the performance. King ...

JOURNEY TO GET BACK ON THE STAGE. MASKS ON THEIR FACES MEMBERS OF KENTUC OKYPERA IN LOUISVLEIL A NAVIGATED SEVERAL PANDEMIC OBSTACLES AS THEY REHEARSE THE HEAD OF THEIR LATEST STAGE PERFORMANCE OREO F ...

Among the company’s annual summer offerings, Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo,” from 1607 but newly reorchestrated and imaginatively staged, stands out. By Joshua Barone Joshua Barone attended “Orfeo” (twice), ...

Gluck's "Orfeo ed Erudice" is at its core a love story: Boy must rescue girl from the depths of hell. But Gluck probably never imagined it would be the perfect springboard for boy to propose to girl.

Marigny Opera Ballet - ORFEO - Lauren Guynes, Joshua Bell - Photo by Elsa Hahne[1].jpg 'Orfeo' at Marigny Opera House features Lauren Guynes and Joshua Bell. (Elsa Hahne) The creative team from last ...