![]() “I’ve been working for 25 years,” says Scearce. Having written eight ballets with Weiss (and 12 for the company total), he felt the two of them were ready to tackle the beloved myth, which has recently gained traction in pop culture with the Broadway musical Hadesdown. “It’s the greatest love story ever told,” says Scearce, who had dreamed of composing his own Orpheus for years. ![]() After several years of roaming the earth in grief, Orpheus is killed and finally reunites with Eurydice in the afterlife. Just as Orpheus crosses the threshold, he turns back a moment too soon and tragically loses Eurydice again-this time forever. Hades, god of the underworld, allows Orpheus to take Eurydice back to the realm of the living so long as he does not look at her the entire way. This power comes in handy when Orpheus must embark on an epic journey through Hell to retrieve his love, Eurydice, who has died of a snakebite. “We had the libretto and music finished for years before we began working on it in the studio last summer.” But now, with the hour-and-40-minutes’ worth of choreography complete, and original costumes and sets designed by celebrated artist Susan Tammany, the curtain is set to rise on Raleigh’s own ancient Greece.Ī post shared by Carolina Ballet Carolina Ballet’s version of the myth, which draws especially from the Roman poet Ovid’s telling, the god Apollo teaches Orpheus how to harness power through music by playing the lyre. “First, the company didn’t have the money, then the pandemic happened,” says Weiss. This month, the ballet, Orpheus & Eurydice, finally makes its premiere at the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium April 27 to 30, with live accompaniment by the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle.Ī few obstacles delayed Orpheus & Eurydice’s debut. Riding the high of their successful 2016 world premiere ballet Macbeth, the two friends and frequent collaborators grabbed a napkin and penned the blueprints for their next project: a new full-length of the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. ![]() Mark Scearce huddled together at the back of an Italian restaurant in Raleigh, North Carolina. In the summer of 2017, Carolina Ballet founding artistic director Robert Weiss and renowned composer J.
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