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
• Singers: Brenda Patterson, John Maucere, Jennifer Zetlan, Amber Zion, Chuanyuan Liu, WAWA Snipe
• Conductor: Christine Brandes  
• Orchestra: Chamber orchestra  
• Chorus: UVA Chamber Singers  
• Chorus Master: Michael Slon  
• Stage Director: Alek Lev, Miriam Gordon-Stewart  
• Costume Designer: Tracy Cox  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Victory Hall Opera  
• Date Published: 2023  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  
• Video Recording from: Victory Hall Opera     FULL VIDEO
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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?