David Daniels, currently the opera world's leading countertenor, sings the marathon role of Orpheus; soprano Maija Kovalevska is Eurydice, the beloved for whom Orpheus goes to hell and back; soprano Heidi Grant Murphy plays Amor (which is to say Cupid, the god of love himself). And the entire run of
Orfeo is dedicated to
the memory of
the great mezzo Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, who was to have played the title role.
Orfeo ed Euridice receives four performances at the Metropolitan Opera House: tonight, May 5 at 1:30 p.m. (broadcast over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network), May 9 at 7:30 p.m. (simulcast in free streaming audio at the Met's website), and May 12 at 1:30 p.m. Tickets and information are available at www.metopera.org.