Performances
January 26, 2020
Schenectady, NY
AMOC at Union College
Paul Appleby, tenor
Conor Hanick, piano
Coleman Itzkoff, cello
Keir GoGwilt, violin
January 30, 2020
Los Angeles, CA
Matthew Aucoin joins playwright Sarah Ruhl, scholar Kenneth Reinhard, and singers from LA Opera’s Young Artist Program for an evening of music and discussion. Aucoin will perform and discuss Orphic music from Monteverdi to the present, including excerpts of his new opera Eurydice.
February 1, 2020
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Opera
AUCOIN Eurydice (world premiere)
Danielle DeNiese – Eurydice
Joshua Hopkins – Orpheus
Rod Gilfry – Father
John Holiday – Orpheus’s Double
Barry Banks – Hades
Libretto by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Mary Zimmerman
Conducted by Matthew Aucoin
February 2, 2020
Los Angeles, CA
Matthew Aucoin joins playwright Sarah Ruhl for a staged reading of her play Eurydice, which is the source material of their new opera.
February 4, 2020
Los Angeles, CA
Matthew Aucoin and director Peter Sellars join forces for an energizing conversation about the ongoing relevance of myths in our world.
February 8, 2020
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Opera
AUCOIN Eurydice (world premiere)
Danielle DeNiese – Eurydice
Joshua Hopkins – Orpheus
Rod Gilfry – Father
John Holiday – Orpheus’s Double
Barry Banks – Hades
Libretto by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Mary Zimmerman
Conducted by Matthew Aucoin
February 14, 2020
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Opera
AUCOIN Eurydice (world premiere)
Danielle DeNiese – Eurydice
Joshua Hopkins – Orpheus
Rod Gilfry – Father
John Holiday – Orpheus’s Double
Barry Banks – Hades
Libretto by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Mary Zimmerman
Conducted by Matthew Aucoin
February 16, 2020
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Opera
AUCOIN Eurydice (world premiere)
Danielle DeNiese – Eurydice
Joshua Hopkins – Orpheus
Rod Gilfry – Father
John Holiday – Orpheus’s Double
Barry Banks – Hades
Libretto by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Mary Zimmerman
Conducted by Matthew Aucoin
February 20, 2020
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Opera
AUCOIN Eurydice (world premiere)
Danielle DeNiese – Eurydice
Joshua Hopkins – Orpheus
Rod Gilfry – Father
John Holiday – Orpheus’s Double
Barry Banks – Hades
Libretto by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Mary Zimmerman
Conducted by Matthew Aucoin
February 21, 2020
La Jolla, CA
La Jolla Music Society
Brentano Quartet
The Brentano Quartet gives the West Coast premiere of Aucoin’s new string quartet, along with music by Mozart and Ravel.
February 23,2020
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Opera
AUCOIN Eurydice (world premiere)
Danielle DeNiese – Eurydice
Joshua Hopkins – Orpheus
Rod Gilfry – Father
John Holiday – Orpheus’s Double
Barry Banks – Hades
Libretto by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Mary Zimmerman
Conducted by Matthew Aucoin
April 9, 2020
Tempe, AZ
The Brentano Quartet performs Matthew Aucoin’s new String Quartet on a program that also includes music by Ravel, Stravinsky, and Lekeu.