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Mark Morris's hit production of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, which premiered in 2007, returns to the Met this January, once again conducted by Music Director James Levine. With only three individual characters to tell the story, played by Stephanie Blythe, Danielle de Niese, and Heidi Grant Murphy, the chorus is assigned a major role in Gluck's score–and on the Met stage. Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi's costumes transform every one of the nearly 100 chorus members into a historic personality–from Moses to Maria Callas to Jimi Hendrix. Standing on a three-level tier facing the audience, they serve as a mirror to Orfeo's story. "Surrounded both visually and musically by the chorus," Met Chorus Master Donald Palumbo explains, "Orfeo's struggle becomes more clearly focused. And with the individual costumes, representing figures from all centuries and professions, the chorus illustrates the universality and timeless allure of the Orfeo myth."

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