Event Description
Duration: Approximately 80 minutes - no interval
Content advice: This production contains infrequent partial nudity and some strobe lighting and flashing lights.
Performed in Italian with English subtitles
Fall into an ecstatic dream…or is it a nightmare?
Journey to the underworld and back. Gluck’s heart breaking opera follows the grieving Orpheus into the jaws of Hades to rescue his beloved Eurydice. He must complete his quest without looking back, or lose Eurydice forever.
Awe-inspiring acrobatics meet Gluck’s exquisite music in a genre-busting production, a sell-out hit of the 2024 Sydney Festival. Projections seamlessly integrate surtitles into the action on stage, as brilliant singers come together with the trailblazing circus artists of Circa, one of Australia’s most successful cultural exports.
In this visually stunning production, Circa’s Artistic Director Yaron Lifschitz has created a mesmerising experience, exploring the intersection between love and death that is the beating heart of Orpheus & Eurydice.
The role of Orpheus demands vocal beauty and dramatic virtuosity, and we’re delighted to bring the world’s best to your stage in extraordinary British counter tenor Iestyn Davies. He performs opposite Australian soprano Samantha Clarke, making her role debut singing both Eurydice and Amor under the baton of conductor Dane Lam.
Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Conductor: Dane Lam
Director & Set Designer: Yaron Lifschitz
Cast includes: Iestyn Davies and Samantha Clarke
