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Orphée | L'Amour | Eurydice
Project type
Immersive opera
Date
February 2022
Location
Enschede
Credits
Director: Robin Coops - VR Director: Avinash Changa - Libretto: Helene Vrijdag - Composer: Zbigniew Wolny - Dramaturg: Willem Bruls - Choreographer: Dunja Jocic - Soundscape engineering: Jannes Noorman - Scenography: Maze de Boer - Light design: Wijnand van der Horst - Costume design: Martijn Kramp
Sponsored by: Fonds 21, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfond
Thanks too: Dutch Film Fund, Stimuleringsfonds, IFFR, Vliegveld Twenthe Evenmentenlocatie, Stichting Bird Productions.
Orphée: Lucas van Lieroep - Eurydice: Kalin Morrow, Tijana Prendovic - l'Amour: Julia Akkermans - Producers: Nederlandse Reisopera, Opera Zuid, Dutch National Opera, M31 Foundation, WeMakeVR
In this version of the myth, Orpheus and Eurydice are not separated by death, but by a fate that strikes many present-day relationships: the lovers have lost each other along the way. They don’t communicate directly anymore, only via text messages with L’Amour, the personification of love, who in turn is at a loss how to properly fulfill they role as a mediator.
Using theatre and VR technology, Coops and Changa let the audience experience the story from three different perspectives: Orpheus’, Eurydice’s, and L’Amour’s, captured in three short performances, which can be experienced either separately or together. Gluck’s music is transformed by Dutch-Polish composer Zbigniew Wolny into an intimate and colorful arrangement for tenor, guitar, and electronics.
