Yaron Lifschitz’s dazzling staging of Gluck’s opera features circus artists performing alongside singers. It’s the familiar story – boy loses girl, boy finds girl, girl looks back . . . but aided here by video design and acrobatics. “The breathtaking physical work creates a vivid language to describe Orpheus’s living hell,” wrote Jo Litson for Limelight when it was last staged in Sydney. “This starkly beautiful, mesmerising production feels invigorating and insightful, bringing the opera into the modern world in exhilarating fashion.” Dane Lam conducts, with Iestyn Davies and Samantha Clarke reprising their roles following a run of triumphant performances in Edinburgh earlier this year.

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Fall into an ecstatic dream…or is it a nightmare?

Journey to the underworld and back. Gluck’s heartbreaking opera follows the grieving Orpheus into the jaws of Hades to rescue his beloved Eurydice. He must complete his quest without looking back, or lose Eurydice forever.

Awe-inspiring acrobatics meet Gluck’s exquisite music in a genre-busting production, a sell-out hit of the 2024 Sydney Festival. Projections seamlessly integrate surtitles into the action on stage, as brilliant singers come together with the trailblazing circus artists of Circa, one of Australia’s most successful cultural exports.

In this visually stunning production, Circa’s Artistic Director Yaron Lifschitz has created a mesmerising experience, exploring the intersection between love and death that is the beating heart of Orpheus & Eurydice.