Organization

Dane Lam

Opera Queensland

Conductor

Stage director

Yaron Lifschitz

Set designer

Costume designer

Libby McDonnell

Lighting designer

Alex Berlage

Video designer

Boris Bagattini

Choreographer

Bridie Hooper

Singer

Countertenor

Christophe Dumaux

Orfeo

Soprano

Cathy-Di Zhang

Euridice

Amor

Associate Director

Heather Fairbairn

Opera Australia Chorus

Opera Australia Orchestra

Circa Ensemble

Sydney Festival

Opera Australia

Italian

Orfeo ed Euridice -  (Orpheus and Eurydice)

Sydney City

Australia

Sydney Opera House

Joan Sutherland Theatre

Orfeo ed Euridice Gluck

Public

Private

Orpheus and Eurydice

English

Approved

Journey to the underworld and back with the grieving Orpheus. Awe-inspiring acrobatics meet Gluck’s exquisite music in this genre-busting production created ...

Fall into an ecstatic dream…or is it a nightmare?
Journey to the underworld and back. Gluck’s heartbreaking 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, making this a highlight of 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 sensational French countertenor Christophe Dumaux. He performs opposite Australian soprano Cathy-Di Zhang, making her role debut singing both Eurydice and Amor under the baton of conductor Dane Lam.

Orpheus and Eurydice by Christoph Willibald Gluck, From (2024/2024), Directed by Yaron Lifschitz,, Conductor Dane Lam

Credits (Cast & Crew)

Opera Queensland

Dane Lam

Yaron Lifschitz

Cast

Christophe Dumaux

Cathy-Di Zhang

Cathy-Di Zhang

Crew

Yaron Lifschitz

Libby McDonnell

Alex Berlage

Boris Bagattini

Yaron Lifschitz

Bridie Hooper

Heather Fairbairn

Ensemble

Opera Australia Chorus

Opera Australia Orchestra

Circa Ensemble

Co-Producer

Sydney Festival

Program, About & Synopsis

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