How Can He Live Without His Euridice

from Orpheus and Eurydice...ish
Libretto by M. K. Telford and Kendra Harder
Instrumentation: Soprano (C4 - B5), and accompaniment*
Duration: 4.5'

2017
This recording is from the original version of the opera with wind septet
*this work is available in two formats:
1. Soprano and piano
​2. Soprano and wind octet
In the classic tale of Orpheus & Eurydice, Eurydice is bitten by a prop snake and now prepares herself for death in the classic drawn-out death aria. This version takes the Gluck classic "How can I live without my Euridice?" and turns it on its head to "How can Orpheus live with out me?"

This comic aria is just a few too many dashes of overdramaticism, which should be just enough for the overdramatic soprano.
Orpheus and Eurydice...ish was originally written for the Strata Festival of New Music. An edited version for piano and voice was made possible thanks to the generosity of SK Arts.
Sheet Music available through my Ko-Fi Sheet Music Shop
A version of this aria has been arranged for soprano and wind octet commissioned by Steven D. Davis and Anya Pogorelova and supported by the UMKC Martha Jane Starr Library Research Award. This will be presented by Anya Pogorelova throughout the 2022-2023 school year. The first performance is happening on Tuesday, October 25, 2022.
From @umkcbands insta post:

Grant Recital Hall’s renovations are wrapping up just in time for our CWS chamber concert! Join us for the first Bands at the Conservatory performance in our new space next Tuesday, October 25th at 7:30PM CST or hop on the @umkccons YouTube live stream! #umkcbands#grantrecitalhall
After the premiere, the work was hailed by the audience. One Composition TA said of the work, "It's like Henry Purcell had a baby with Schoenberg but better."
​Get in :)