Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice (2009)

Director and choreographer Mark Morriss production of Glucks masterpiece updates the immortal story from its ancient Greek roots to the timeless present where he says the union of chorus and dancers feels inevitable and inseparable With costumes by Isaac Mizrahi and a set designed by Allen Moyer this production surrounds the action with the superb Met chorus dressed as a crowd of historic characters who bear witness to the transformative power of love Orfeo Stephanie Blythe is so consumed with grief at the death of his beloved Euridice Danielle de Niese that the gods Heidi Grant Murphy as Amor allow him to lead her back from the underworldif he will not look at her on the way Of course he cant resist looking but the gods are truly merciful