Orpheus & Eurydice (musical)

Orpheus & Eurydice is an original musical, based on Greek mythology, with music and lyrics by Andrew J. Hanley and book by Melissa Nally & Andrew J. Hanley. It premiered in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2011, running from August 3–16, directed by Melissa Nally. The show was produced, along with eleven other shows, by Five One productions, a London-based production company.^[1] The show was revised and remounted for the 2012 Philadelphia Fringe Festival in September 2012, produced by Green Elephant Theatre Company.

Casting

In the original UK production, Orpheus was played by Michael Kane Libonati. Brooke Bettis played Eurydice, as well as all other parts (Persephone, Tantalus, Charon, Narrator).

In the US premier in Philadelphia, Orpheus was played by Michael Kane Libonati and Eurydice was played by Tara McKiernan.

Recording

A studio cast recording was recorded in March, 2013 featuring Libonati and McKiernan with full orchestrations.

References

↑ "Five One". Retrieved 6 December 2011.

Orpheus and Eurydice

Characters	Eurydice Orpheus

Orphean operas	Euridice (1600, Peri) Euridice (1602, Caccini) L'Orfeo (1607, Monteverdi) La morte d'Orfeo (1619, Landi) Orfeo (1647, Rossi) Orfeo (1672, Sartorio) La descente d'Orphée aux enfers (c. 1686, Charpentier) Orpheus (1726, Telemann) Orfeo ed Euridice (1762, Gluck) discography L'anima del filosofo (1791, Haydn) Orpheus in the Underworld (1858, Offenbach) Orpheus und Eurydike (1921, Krenek) L'Orfeide (1925, Malipiero) Orpheus and Eurydice (1975, Zhurbin, rock opera) The Mask of Orpheus (1986, Birtwistle) The Second Mrs Kong (1994, Birtwistle) The Corridor (2009, Britwistle)

Musicals	Orpheus & Eurydice

Plays	Eurydice/Point of Departure (1941, Anouilh) Orfeu da Conceição (1956, de Moraes) Orpheus Descending (1957, Williams) Eurydice (2003, Ruhl)

Films	The Orphic Trilogy The Blood of a Poet (1930) Orphée (1950) Testament of Orpheus (1960) Black Orpheus (1959) Evrydiki BA 2O37 (1975) Parking (1985) Orfeu (1999)

Poetry	Sir Orfeo (c. late thirteenth century) The Tale of Orpheus and Erudices his Quene (c. 1480) Sonnets to Orpheus (1922) "Eurydice" (1999)

Novels	The Einstein Intersection (1967) Gravity's Rainbow (1973) The Medusa Frequency (1987) The Ground Beneath Her Feet (1999) Veniss Underground (2003)

Art	Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice

Albums	Reflections (1970) Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004) Metamorpheus (2005) Hadestown (2010) Orfeas (2010) Reflektor (2013)

Ballet	Orpheus (1948) Chaconne (1976)

Video games	The Battle of Olympus Don't Look Back

Related	The Gaze of Orpheus Orpheus Monument Orpheus no Mado Orphism

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