The Corridor | |
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Opera by Harrison Birtwistle | |
Librettist | David Harsent |
Language | English |
Based on | Orpheus and Eurydice |
Premiere | 12 June 2009 |
The Corridor is a chamber opera composed by Harrison Birtwistle to an English language libretto by David Harsent. It premiered at the Aldeburgh Festival on 12 June 2009. The title refers to the corridor through which Orpheus and Eurydice passed as he was leading her from the underworld.