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OperaVision unboxes Orpheus this October and will present an opera for Ukraine on World Opera Day

The free opera-streaming platform has prepared a special Unboxing Orpheus programme, revealing all facets of the famous myth, with four different versions shared during the month of October (Orfeo ed Euridice, Orphée aux Enfers, Orfeo and Orpheus - after Monteverdi). On World Opera Day, OperaVision will stream Golden Crown, from Ukrainian composer Borys Lyatoshynsky, in a co-production project of six opera houses from cities around the world.

Unboxing Orpheus in October

7 October: Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice from New National Theatre Tokyo
14 October: Offenbach’s Orphée aux Enfers from Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
21 October: Monteverdi’s Orfeo from Garsington Opera
31 October: Orpheus after Monteverdi from Opera North

Golden Crown on 25 October

OperaVision brings together six cities – Helsinki, Lviv, London, Rome, San Francisco, Warsaw – to celebrate World Opera Day. Young artists in each city will perform a scene from Golden Crown, an opera written by Ukrainian composer Borys Lyatoshynsky in 1923, when the policy of ‘korenizatsiya’ (going back to the roots) was allowed in the country. At this time, several operas were commissioned from Ukrainian composers and librettists based on Ukrainian history. Today, the opera community stands shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine and OperaVision is happy find new admirers for Ukrainian culture across the world.

Fundraising Campaign

Today, the opera community stands shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine and OperaVision is happy find new admirers for Ukrainian culture across the world. While, thanks to the support of the European Commission, we continue to offer OperaVision as a free service, we now encourage you to give generously to our fundraising campaign to support the next generation of opera singers and managers from Ukraine. Thank you.