Orpheus Returns
Call the opera “Orphée,” “Orfeo,” or, like the SF Opera, “Orpheus and Eurydice”—whatever the name, the production here offers breakthroughs in many directions—a dazzling feast of primary colors and lighting, acrobatic dancers, a goddess descending from heaven on a swing, and the most nimble of males ever in the title role. This reprise of Gluck’s early classical-period opus in this memorable new production is a feast for ears and eyes, despite the severe dramatic limitation of having merely three solo…
