Juan Diego Flórez stars in this new production of Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Orphée Et Eurydice by Hofesh Shechter and John Fulljames.

It tells the story of the great musician Orphée, who mourns the death of his wife Eurydice. Amour, the god of love, tells Orphée that the gods have granted him permission to journey down to Hades. If he can calm the Furies with his music, he may lead Eurydice back to the land of the living, but only on the condition that he never once looks back at her on their journey.

The Italian Orfeo Ed Euridice was the first of Gluck’s great ‘reform’ operas. The opera’s premiere at the Vienna Burgtheater on 5 October 1762 was a great success and led to Gluck revising the opera for the French premiere at the Paris Opéra on 2 August 1774 as Orphée Et Eurydice.

This new production for The Royal Opera sees acclaimed choreographer Hofesh Shechter, who made his debut with The Royal Ballet in the 2014/15 Season, makee his operatic debut in collaboration with Associate Director of Opera John Fulljames.

The production is sung in French with English surtitles.

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