Details

On the day of his wedding, Orpheus' beloved Eurydice is killed by poisonous snakebite. In his grief, he enters the Underworld to retrieve her, using his prodigious musical skill to charm his way into the very centre of Pluto's dark kingdom. In association with The Royal Academy of Music.

Creatives/Company

Author: Monteverdi
Company: The English Bach Festival
Director: Tom Hawkes
Design: Peter Rice
Conductor: Lawrence Cummings (harpsichord)