Matthew Aucoin's timeless mythology Eurydice opens at The Met

By Kurt Gottschalk, 26 November 2021

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“Barry Banks as Hades... is everything you’d want from an enviable but unapproachable dark lord”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City on 23 November 2021

Aucoin, Eurydice

Metropolitan Opera

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor

Mary Zimmerman, Director

Daniel Ostling, Set Designer

Ana Kuzmanić, Costume Designer

T.J. Gerckens, Lighting Designer

S Katy Tucker, Video

Erin Morley, Eurydice

Joshua Hopkins, Orpheus

Nathan Berg, Eurydice's father

Barry Banks, Hades

Jakub Józef Orliński, Orpheus Double

Stacey Tappan, Soprano

Ronnita Miller, Mezzo-soprano

Chad Shelton, Tenor

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Kurt Gottschalk

Kurt Gottschalk is a journalist and author based in New York City. His writings on contemporary and classical music, jazz and improvisation have been published in outlets throughout Europe and America and he has two volumes of short fiction to his name. He produced and hosted the Miniature Minotaurs radio programme on WFMU and currently hosts Afternoon New Music on WKCR.

Matthew Aucoin's timeless mythology Eurydice opens at The Metropolitan Opera