Eurydice

Eurydice
Music by Matthew Aucoin
Libretto by Sarah Ruhl
Based on the play by Sarah Ruhl

A new arrangement commissioned by
Boston Lyric Opera and Opera Grand Rapids

The Huntington Theatre
Friday, March 1, 2024 | 7:30PM
Sunday, March 3, 2024 | 3PM
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 | 7:30PM
Friday, March 8, 2024 | 7:30PM
Sunday, March 10, 2024 | 3PM

Sung in English dialogue with English surtitles
Running time: 2 hours and 20 minutes, including one 20-minute intermission

Eurydice dies too young on her wedding day, and the opera Eurydice follows her journey into the underworld, which pulls her into new depths of forgetfulness, despair, and unfathomable loss. In this new retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice’s myth, based on the play by Sarah Ruhl, explore the powerful ties of family and love, parents and children, husband and wife. A disarming and intimate new arrangement conducted by composer Matthew Aucoin, Eurydice is a resonant story of love’s beauty and brutality – and the power of music to find us in the dark.

The commission of Eurydice is supported in part by a gift from Pat and Bill O’Connor.

https://blo.org/eurydice/