EditorialJoshua Hopkins, center, as Orpheus and Erin Morley, right, as Eurydice, with Jakub Jozef Orlinski, in Matthew Aucoin and Sarah Ruhl’s “Eurydice” at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Nov. 19, 2021. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialErin Morley, a sporano for the Metropolitan Opera, plays the title role in “Eurydice,” in New York, Nov. 25, 2021. (Kirsten Luce/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left: Nathan Berg, in shadow, Erin Morley, Joshua Hopkins and Jokub Jozef Orlinski in the opera “Eurydice” at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Oct. 19, 2021. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialSarah Ruhl, left, with the composer Matthew Aucoin, her partner in translating her 2003 play “Eurydice” into an opera, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Nov. 19, 2021. (Lila Barth/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left: Kevin Ray as Loud Stone, Raehann Bryce-Davis as Big Stone and Stacey Tappan as Small Stone in a dress rehearsal for "Eurydice," in Los Angeles, Jan. 29, 2020. (Emily Berl/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left: Kevin Ray as Loud Stone, Raehann Bryce-Davis as Big Stone and Stacey Tappan as Small Stone during a dress rehearsal for Matthew Aucoin “Eurydice," in Los Angeles, Jan. 29, 2020. (Emily Berl/The New York Times)
EditorialCorey Mitchell from the Northwest School of the Arts in Charlotte holds the first Tony Award for Excellence in Theater Education at Radio City Music Hall in New York, June 7, 2015. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left, Kevin Ray as Loud Stone, Raehann Bryce-Davis as Big Stone, and Stacey Tappan as Small Stone, in “Eurydice” at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, Jan. 29, 2020. (Emily Berl/The New York Times)
EditorialRaehann Bryce-Davis, who plays Big Stone in “Eurydice,” has her makeup done before the final dress rehearsal, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, on Jan. 29, 2020. (Emily Berl/The New York Times)