Flawed staging, compelling singing: Eurydice at Boston Lyric Opera

Sydney Mancasola (Eurydice)

Elliot Madore (Orpheus) and Sydney Mancasola (Eurydice)

Nicholas Kelliher (Orpheus' double) and Eliot Madore (Orpheus)

Maggie Finnegan, Alexis Peart and Neal Ferreira (Three Stones)

By Kevin Wells, 13 March 2024

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“Sydney Mancasola met the vocal challenges of the title role, with its high Ds, with verve and aplomb”

Reviewed at Huntington Theatre, Boston on 10 March 2024

Aucoin, Eurydice

Boston Lyric Opera

Douglas Fitch, Director, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Jorge Arroyo, Lighting Designer

Sydney Mancasola, Eurydice

Elliot Madore, Orpheus

Mark S Doss, Eurydice's father

Nicholas Kelliher, Orpheus Double

David Portillo, Hades

Maggie Finnegan, Little Stone

Alexis Peart, Big Stone

Neal Ferreira, Loud Stone

Junhan Choi, Tenor

Vera Savage, Mezzo-soprano

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Kevin Wells

Kevin Wells was bitten by the opera bug at 10, having heard a 1936 recording of Jussi Björling singing “Che gelida manina”. He has never been the same since. A student of voice, performance practice, the history of singing and opera, he holds advanced degrees in Italian and has lived and worked in Italy off and on since the 70s. La Scala became a second home as the Met had been during college daze. Now in his native Boston, he works as translator, tutor, and language coach, haunts Symphony Hall, and would haunt the Opera House had it not been demolished in 1958!

Flawed staging, but compelling singing Matthew Aucoin’s Eurydice at Boston Lyric Opera