Orpheus & Euridice
A Song Cycle In Two Acts for Soprano, Clarinet In Bb and Piano
OR
Soprano, Clarinet and String Quintet (or String Orchestra)
Text by Ricky Ian Gordon
Published by Carl Fischer Music
Duration: 60 min.
Premiere: October 21, 2001. Todd Palmer, clarinet, Elizabeth Farnum, soprano, Scott Dunn, piano; Cooper Union, New York, NY.
Commission: Commissioned by Todd Palmer
Purchasing & Rental: Available from Carl Fischer Music.
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Notes
A tender song cycle in two parts that tells the familiar story in more contemporary terms (text by the composer); Orpheus and Euridice is full of Ricky Ian Gordon’s characteristic lyricism. The sixty minute work can be staged, but works as a concert piece as well. A recording of Orpheus and Euridice is available on Ghostlight Records. (2006 OBIE Award)
Press
artsBHAM (Michael Huebner, 12 March 2016)
Chicago Tribune (John von Rhein, 3 November 2013)
Coal Hill review (Rita Malikonyte Mockus, 17 June 2011)
The Journal News (Georgette Gouveia, 2 October 2005)
LongBeachCulture.org (Gregory Moore, 20 February 2008)
Los Angeles Times (Jan Breslauer, 17 February 2008)
New York Times (Sylvaine Gold, 2 Oct 2005)
Opera News (Heidi Waleson, January 2011)
Opera News (Rick Hamlin, 1 March 2007)
Opera Today (Maria Nockin, 19 June 2010)
Opera Today (Wes Blomster, July 2008)
OperaWire (David Salazar, 9 March 2018)
Philadelphia Inquirer (David Patrick Stearns, 15 Dec 2005)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Andrew Druckenbrod, 10 June 2011)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Robert Croan, 2 November 2008)
Playbill On-line (Andrew Gans, 30 September 2005)
ShowMag.com (Michael Van Duzer)
Southern Jewish Life (1 March 2016)
Village Voice (Deborah Jowitt, 17 October 2005)
Errata
These are corrections to the edition published by Carl Fischer LLC
In the section “Home” Page 36, Bar 87, The Bass note should be an Ab
Lincoln Center, Rose Theatre
Premiere Production, 2005
Photos by Nan Melville
Chicago Opera Theater (2013)
Opera Birmingham (2016)
Talese Trevigne, soprano; Jonathan Jones, clarinet; Tyson Deaton, pianist and conductor; John De Los Santos, director
Vermont Opera Project (2016)
CAST: Suzanne Kantorski (Euridice) | Wesley Christensen (Orpheus) | Ben Delony, Zoë Marr Hilliard, Caitlin Klinger, & Liam Saito (Dancers)
CREATIVE: Keturah Stickann (Director, Choreographer) | Robert Wood (Conductor) | Liliana Duque Pineiro (Set Design) | Anya Klepikov (Costume Design) | Jeff Bruckerhoff (Lighting Design)
