Orfeo ed Euridice Is June 8, 2024, Met Opera Saturday Radio Broadcast

Summary: Orfeo ed Euridice is the June 8, 2024, Met Opera Saturday broadcast, airing as 27th of the 2023-2024 season's 27 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts.

Mark Morris at San Francisco Jewish Community Center on Tuesday, Sep. 26, 2006, seven months before his Met Opera debut Wednesday, May 2, 2007, as director and choreographer of his new production of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice: Charles Haynes, CC BY SA 2.0 Generic, via Wikimedia Commons

Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice is the June 8, 2024, Met Opera Saturday matinee broadcast, airing at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time as the 27th of the 2023-2024 season's lineup of 27 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts.

Orfeo ed Euridice by German classical composer Christoph von Gluck (July 2, 1714-Nov. 15, 1787) receives eight performances in the 2023-2024 season. The first through fifth performances were held Thursday, May 16, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday matinee, May 19, at 3:00 p.m.; Thursday, May 23, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, May 25, at 8:00 p.m.; and Thursday, May 30, at 7:30 p.m. The sixth through eighth, closing performances are scheduled for Monday, June 3, at 8:00 p.m.; Wednesday, June 5, at 8:00 p.m.; and closing day, Saturday matinee, June 8, at 1:00 p.m.

Christian Curnyn conducts all eight performances of Orfeo ed Euridice. The British conductor, harpsichordist and baroque music specialist's conductorship of the 2023-2024 season's first performance of Orfeo ed Euridice on Thursday, May 16, marked his Met Opera debut.

Ying Fang appears in all eight performances as Euridice, happily fated in Gluck's opera in contrast to Greek mythology's unhappily ended Euridice. The Chinese operatic soprano had made her Met Opera debut Sunday, Sep. 28, 2013, as the Kazan Cathedral’s female voice and as Madame Podtochina’s daughter in the opera company’s seventh performance of The Nose by Russian composer and pianist Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (Sep. 25, 1906-Aug. 9, 1975).

Anthony Roth Costanzo appears in all eight performances as Orfeo, whose violation of a promise not to look at Euridice during their ascent from the underworld occasions Euridice's second death but whose suicidal intention invokes Amore's revival of Euridice and a happy life in the upper world for the couple. The American countertenor had made his Met Opera debut Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, as Unulfo in the opera house’s 21st performance of Rodelinda by German, later British, Baroque composer George Handel (Feb. 23, 1685-April 14, 1759).

Elena Villalón appears in all eight performances in the trouser role of Amore, who allows Orfeo's and Euridice's successful return to the upper world by nullifying Euridice's second death, which had been caused by Orfeo's violation of Amore's no-looking, no-explaining requirements during his retrieval of Euridice from the underworld. The Cuban-American soprano's appearance in the opera's first 2023-2024 season performance on Thursday, May 16, marked her Met Opera debut.

The 2023-2024 season's presentation of Orfeo ed Euridice marks the fourth revival of the new production that debuted in the 2006-2007 season under the directorship and choreography of Mark Morris (born Aug. 29, 1956). The American director, choreographer and dancer had made his Met Opera debut, along with his new production of Orfeo ed Euridice, on Wednesday, May 2, 2007, in the opera company's 83rd performance of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice.

Morris's production team for Orfeo ed Euridice comprises Allen Moyer, set designer; Isaac Mizrahi, costume designer; and James F. Ingalls, lighting designer. American set designer Allen Moyer and American fashion Isaac Mizrahi had made their Met Opera debuts in the new production Wednesday, May 2, 2007, alongside their director. American lighting designer James F. Ingalls had made his Met Opera debut Monday, Feb. 10, 1997, in the opera company's 45th performance of Wozzeck by Austrian composer Alban Berg (Feb. 9, 1885-Dec. 24, 1935).

The June 8 Saturday matinee closes Met Opera's 2023-2024 season. The fourth revival of Morris's staging of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice numbers as the 27th and last of the season's Saturday matinee radio broadcasts and also as the last of the 2023-2024 season's operatic performances.

American costume and set designer Allen Moyer designed the sets for Mark Morris's 2006-2007-debuting new production of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice; Allen Moyer, interviewed Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, by Jeffrey Lentz, Wachovia Theatre, Albright College Center for the Arts, for "Confronting the Empty Space: The Stage Designs of Allen Moyer," exhibition held in Albright College's Freedman Gallery from Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, to Friday, April 15, 2022: Albright College Center for the Arts, via Facebook Jan. 31, 2022

Acknowledgment

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Mark Morris at San Francisco Jewish Community Center on Tuesday, Sep. 26, 2006, seven months before his Met Opera debut Wednesday, May 2, 2007, as director and choreographer of his new production of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice: Charles Haynes, CC BY SA 2.0 Generic, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mark_Morris,_2006.jpg; Charles Haynes, CC BY SA 2.0, via Flickr @ https://www.flickr.com/photos/haynes/265786450/

American costume and set designer Allen Moyer designed the sets for Mark Morris's 2006-2007-debuting new production of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice; Allen Moyer, interviewed Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, by Jeffrey Lentz, Wachovia Theatre, Albright College Center for the Arts, for "Confronting the Empty Space: The Stage Designs of Allen Moyer," exhibition held in Albright College's Freedman Gallery from Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, to Friday, April 15, 2022: Albright College Center for the Arts, via Facebook Jan. 31, 2022, @ https://www.facebook.com/AlbrightCFA/posts/10166385803050109/; via Facebook Jan. 31, 2022, @ https://www.facebook.com/AlbrightCFA/photos/a.10166385809215109/10166385803050109/; via Facebook Jan. 31, 2022, @ https://www.facebook.com/AlbrightCFA/photos/pb.100056650070289.-2207520000/10166385803050109/

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Albright College Center for the Arts. Added a new photo [Allen Moyer]. Facebook. Feb. 1, 2022.
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Albright College Center for the Arts. "'Confronting the Empty Space: the Stage Designs of Allen Moyer' opens this weekend on Sun., Jan. 30 and runs through April 15, Freedman Gallery at Albright College. Join us Sun., 2 p.m. in the Wachovia Theatre for an Interview with Allen Moyer hosted by Jeffrey Lentz, an Experience Event. Then, stay for the Opening Reception, from 3-5 p.m. in the Freedman Gallery. Allen Moyer’s set designs have graced some of America’s most important opera houses and Broadway stages over the last 35 years. Moyer grew up in Schuylkill Haven, attended Albright College for two years before transferring to Penn State University where he earned a B.A. degree, followed by a M.F.A. degree from New York University. His designs have appeared in celebrated productions at English National Opera, Wexford Festival, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Opera, the San Francisco Opera, the Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera, the Seattle Opera and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Moyer’s first Broadway production was in 1996 for the revival of 'Tartuffe.' He has since designed sets for thirteen more Broadway shows, notably winning an Obie Award and garnering Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations for his work on the 2006 musical 'Grey Gardens.' The Freedman Gallery is pleased to present a mid-career retrospective featuring scale models, scenic and costume sketches, with photos and videos of realized works that chronicle the important contributions of this master artist and designer. #scenicdesign #opera #theatre #design #AllenMoyer #setdesign The Freedman Gallery is FREE and open to the public, Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, 1-4 p.m.; it is closed on Monday and Saturday, during regular College holidays/breaks, and for inclement weather. COVID-19 protocols are currently in place require that masks covering one’s nose and mouth be worn indoors when visiting the gallery and that a social distance of three feet be kept between all individuals. Contract tracing is also required, so, please be prepared to register with contact information during each visit. Thank you!." Facebook. Jan. 29, 2022.
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Albright College Center for the Arts. "Congratulations to Allen Moyer, whose phenomenal and awarding-winning scenic and costume designs for important operas and Broadway productions are now on display at the Freedman Gallery. Thank you to Jeffrey Lentz and Allen for an amazing interview on Sunday! That presentation will be up on our website soon. If you weren't one of the 100 people who attended the opening, drop in to see the show when you can before April 15, when the show ends. Admission to the gallery is FREE, and we are open Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 1-4 p.m. Please wear a mask and follow all COVID-19 rules." Facebook. Feb. 1, 2022.
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