Orfeo
LOVE ALWAYS WINS
Friday, February 11, 2022 at 8 pm and Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 2 pm
Brown Theatre
Presented in collaboration with Louisville Ballet
Featuring the period instruments of Bourbon Baroque.
Please click to watch and learn more about Bourbon Baroque and Orfeo
What would you do for a second chance? This 90-minute emotional roller coaster ride will leave you breathless with a reminder to cherish those you love.
Produced in collaboration with Louisville Ballet, Orfeo features thrilling choreography by Robert Curran who brings Gluck’s famous ballet sequences to life. Judith Yan conducts the period instrumentalists of Bourbon Baroque in one of opera’s most beautiful scores.
Celebrated mezzo-soprano Catherine Martin stars in the title role with acclaimed sopranos Flora Hawk and Catherine Goode rounding out this trio of dazzling singing actors.
Don’t miss director Kelly Kitchens’ moving, contemporary approach to the Greek myth.
Music by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi
Premiered 1762, Vienna, Austria – Burgtheater
Last performed by Kentucky Opera on February 11, 1967
Sung in Italian with English captions
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COVID admittance protocols are in place for all Kentucky Opera performances. Masking is mandatory for everyone age 2 and above. Also, proof of COVID vaccination or a negative PCR test within the last 72 hours or a negative Antigen test within the last 24 hours must be presented, with a government issued ID or parent/guardian authorization for children age 5 and up. Please click to read Kentucky Performing Arts’ full COVID policy here.
Sponsors
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This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, provides operating support to Kentucky Opera with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Special thanks to our partners at Kentucky Performing Arts for their continued support.