New Old Opera: Houston Premiere Of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice

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Opera in the Heights

Originally performed in Vienna in 1762, Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice has never before been performed in Houston — until now, that is. In a new production sung in Italian, Opera in the Heights presents the Houston premiere of Gluck’s opera, with stage direction by Leslie Swackhamer and musical direction by Eiki Isomura.

The production closes on Saturday, April 16th at 7:30 PM at Lambert Hall (1703 Heights Boulevard).

St. John Flynn talks with stage director Leslie Swackhamer and mezzo-soprano Laura Coale (Orfeo) about the production.