Operation:Orfeo is a hypnotic reimagining of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice told through extraordinary voices, light, architecture and illusion. First seen in Australia in 1996 as part of Barrie Kosky’s Adelaide Festival, it has become a landmark of contemporary performance. Now, nearly three decades later, the work has been brought back to life as part of a major retrospective celebrating the extraordinary legacy of Copenhagen’s visionary director, and Hotel Pro Forma founder, Kirsten Dehlholm (1945 – 2024).

In 2027 the production will feature the Latvian Radio Choir performing Ib Michael’s sensuous libretto as symphonic a cappella singing, alongside music by Bo Holten, with excerpts from John Cage and Christoph Willibald Gluck.

Operation:Orfeo is a striking exploration of love, death, memory and the limits of perception – and a spellbinding example of Hotel Pro Forma’s fusion of visual art, music and performance.