Eurydice Rising

At the age of four, future composer-conductor Matthew Aucoin was on a family vacation driving through Florida when he wrote his first opus, Cloud Symphony. It garnered a rave review from his father, who currently serves as chief theater critic for the Boston Globe.

This February, LA Opera will stage the world premiere of Aucoin’s , a reimagining of the Greek myth that shifts the narrative away from the musician Orpheus and onto his beloved wife, Eurydice, who, lost in the underworld, is reunited with her deceased