In Review

(Photo: Nic Minetor)

VIEWS OF THE UNDERWORLD: Ellen Robertson ’19E, a voice major at the Eastman School of Music, performed the role of Euridice in Eastman Opera Theatre’s winter production of Orfeo ed Euridice, composer Christoph Willibald Gluck’s operatic retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus, who tried to rescue his wife from the underworld. Staged in Eastman’s “black box” venue, the opera was directed by Stephen Carr, the associate artistic director of Eastman Opera Theatre, with music direction by Wilson Southerland, assistant music director of the company. The production, the second of the company’s three productions for the 2018–19 season, featured scene and projection design by Charles Murdock Lucas and lighting by Nic Minetor. Robertson alternated with voice major Jessica Gu ’20E in the role of Euridice, while graduate students Krysten Chambers-Jones and Marissa Miller performed as Orfeo during the production’s run.