M. N. Bennett: Orpheus Lex, Act I
Entrance (Narrator)
Nathan Bahny
Orpheus stares at the river, hearing its sound (Narrator)
Nathan Bahny
Sounds Interlude
Harold Rosenbaum, Artemis Chamber Ensemble
Orpheus sees Eurydice emerge from the river (Narrator)
Nathan Bahny
Eurydice emerges from the water wearing a smock-like dress (Narrator) [Narrator]
Nathan Bahny
Slow Interlude
Artemis Chamber Ensemble, Harold Rosenbaum
As Eurydice gets dry and puts on one of Orpheus' shirts (Narrator)
Nathan Bahny
A Person Imagines (Eurydice)
Harold Rosenbaum, Artemis Chamber Ensemble, Wendy Baker
A Person Interlude
Artemis Chamber Ensemble, Harold Rosenbaum
What might happen if Eurydice decides to change her looks? (Narrator)
Nathan Bahny
Don't Look at My Hair (Eurydice, Orpheus, Chorus)
David Arnold, New York Virtuoso Singers, Wendy Baker, Artemis Chamber Ensemble, Harold Rosenbaum
Hair Interlude
Harold Rosenbaum, Artemis Chamber Ensemble
Eurydice recalls her time in the underworld where she heard (Narrator)
Nathan Bahny
Lists (Eurydice, Women's Chorus)
Wendy Baker, Artemis Chamber Ensemble, Harold Rosenbaum, New York Virtuoso Singers
Lists Interlude
Harold Rosenbaum, Artemis Chamber Ensemble
Orpheus thinks back fondly about the time when he was a boy (Narrator)
Nathan Bahny
Eurydice remembers poignantly about being that young (Narrator)
Nathan Bahny
That Young (Eurydice)
Harold Rosenbaum, Wendy Baker, Artemis Chamber Ensemble
Orhpeus and Eurydice look intently at each other (Narrator)
Nathan Bahny
That Young Interlude
Harold Rosenbaum, Artemis Chamber Ensemble