Gluck & Berlioz's Orpheus & Eurydice Preview Show – WQED-FM 89.3, 2026

About this event

The Pittsburgh Opera Preview Shows are half-hour radio programs broadcast on WQED-FM 89.3, hosted by Anna Singer. Each preview offers listeners an in-depth introduction to the upcoming opera’s singers, music, and production elements. The program airs twice—on the Saturday before opening night and again on the Friday immediately preceding the premiere. This preview focuses on Pittsburgh Opera’s staging of Orpheus & Eurydice at the Byham Theater, highlighting a musical synthesis that draws on Christoph Willibald Gluck’s 1774 Paris version shaped by Hector Berlioz’s 1859 re-orchestration. The broadcast provides background on the Greek myth and the company’s artistic approach. While the preview itself is an English-language radio program, it discusses a staged production sung in French and led by conductor Antony Walker and stage director José Maria Condemi, featuring principal cast members Stephanie Doche (Orpheus), Lauren Snouffer (Eurydice), and Léa Nayak (Amore).

Cast & creative

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  Host

  Anna Singer
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  Composer

  Christoph Willibald Gluck
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  Librettist

  Pierre-Louis Moline
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  Librettist

  Ranieri de' Calzabigi