The Metropolitan Opera Eurydice

The ancient Greek myth of Orpheus who attempts to harness the power of music to rescue his beloved Eurydice from the underworld has inspired composers since operas earliest days Brilliant American composer Matthew Aucoin now carries that tradition into the 21st century with a captivating new take on the storya product of the Mets commissioning program With a libretto by Sarah Ruhl adapted from her acclaimed 2003 play the opera reimagines the familiar tale from Eurydices point of view Yannick NézetSéguin oversees the December 4 transmission leading Aucoins evocative music and an immersive new staging by Mary Zimmerman Soprano Erin Morley sings the title role opposite baritone Joshua Hopkins as Orpheus and countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński as his otherworldly alterego