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ORPHEUS & ERICA A DEAF OPERA (Gluck & Gordon-Stewart) Charlottesville VA 2023
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: ORPHEUS & ERICA
- Composer: Miriam Gordon-Stewart
- Libretto: Willy Conley & poetry by Gregory Orr Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
- Recorded: March 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
When a young couple plans their life together, they cannot foresee the gathering clouds. As Nature inevitably exerts her will, they seek more and more drastic measures and attempt to defy mortality.
VHO unites singers from such houses as the Metropolitan Opera and the radiant chorus of UVA’s Chamber Singers with stars of Deaf theater & film, in an unprecedented theatrical event. This fully-staged production blends the beauty of opera & ASL, in a fascinating retelling of the Orpheus myth that asks: how far would you go to preserve a life?