Orpheus & Eurydice – Byham Theater, Pittsburg

Date: Saturday, 14 November 2026
Time: 19:00
Duration: 01:40
Venue: Byham Theater
Address: 101 6th St, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, USA
City: Pittsburg
Organisation: Pittsburgh Opera
Language: French

About this event

After the death of his beloved Eurydice, Orpheus vows to plunge into the very depths of the Underworld itself to bring her back. Moved by Orpheus’s passion, Amore (Cupid) appears and agrees to aid him in the rescue of his wife so long as he does not look at her until they return to the land of the living again. With the help of the spirits of the Underworld, Orpheus finds Eurydice in Elysium. But as he guides her to the surface, he knows he cannot look back. Eurydice believes this means he does not love her, and she refuses to take another step until he looks her way. Based on the same Greek myth that inspired the Broadway hit Hadestown, Christoph Willibald Gluck’s original 1774 score is enhanced by Hector Berlioz’s 1859 re‑arrangement. The performances are sponsored in part by The Gailliot Fund.