Eurydice (Aucoin)

Eurydice
Opera by Matthew Aucoin
Eurydice with her father in the underworld (from a 2016 production of Ruhl's play)
LibrettistSarah Ruhl
LanguageEnglish
Based onEurydice
by Sarah Ruhl
Premiere
February 1, 2020 (2020-02-01)

Eurydice is an opera composed by Matthew Aucoin with a libretto by Sarah Ruhl based on her 2003 play of the same name, a retelling of the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. It had its premiere at the Los Angeles Opera on February 1, 2020, with Aucoin conducting. It had its Metropolitan Opera premiere on November 23, 2021.