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Canadian Opera Company's Orfeo ed Euridice returns elegant, restrained and very satisfying

Iestyn Davies (Orfeo)
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Iestyn Davies (Orfeo) and Anna-Sophie Neher (Euridice)
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Iestyn Davies (Orfeo) and the Canadian Opera Company Chorus
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“the simplicity is perhaps more Robert Wilson than Robert Carsen”
Reviewed at Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto on 9 October 2025
Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice
Canadian Opera Company
Bernard Labadie, Conductor
Robert Carsen, Director, Lighting Designer
Tobias Hoheisel, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Canadian Opera Company Chorus
Christophe Gayral, Revival Director
Peter van Praet, Lighting Designer
Iestyn Davies, Orfeo
Anna-Sophie Neher, Euridice
Catherine St-Arnaud, Amore
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