Ensemble Parallèle, a San Francisco company devoted to contemporary chamber opera, scored a full-on triumph over the weekend with two performances of Philip Glass' "Orphée" at the Herbst Theatre.

Ontological Theater, 131 E. 10th St. Through July 28. (212) 533-4650. YESTERDAY’S scandalous plays can be a problem when staged today. Are they still outrageous, or are they merely quaint? Should we ...

IN 1993 I attended the premiere of Philip Glass’s opera “Orphée” at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass., and was unimpressed. The production, by Francesca Zambello, was striking, and ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Shortly after he wrote the long poem "L'Ange Heurtebise" in 1925, Cocteau ...

The most enduringly popular opera by German composer Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orphée et Eurydice recounts the famous myth of Orpheus, the legendary Greek musician and poet who is grief-stricken over ...

Mixed values in Vache Baroque’s performance of Charpentier’s opera Ever since opera began at the end of the 16th century, dozens of works have been composed based on the story of Orpheus and Euridice.