Eurydice - She, So Beloved An Installation by the Quay Brothers

The Quay Brothers Eurydice - She, So Beloved is a new work commissioned to mark the four hundredth anniversary of Monteverdis Orfeo the first opera ever produced. This tragic narrative tells of Orfeo gaining entry into the Underworld in an effort to bring his wife, Eurydice, back to the land of the living. Using the opera as a reference, the Quays chose to develop their response through the character of Eurydice which led them to Rainer Maria Rilkes poem Orpheus. Eurydice. Hermes. Rilke subtly inverts the myth by placing emphasis upon Eurydices state and suggests that within the Underworld she has become a treasure, a sweet fruit of darkness, implying she would rather stay with Death than return to life. (less info)