Review: At Met premiere, ‘Eurydice’ offers a beguiling visit to the underworld

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NEW YORK — A formidable challenge faced composer Matthew Aucoin and playwright/librettist Sarah Ruhl in adapting “Eurydice,” Ruhl’s retelling of the Orpheus myth, for the opera stage.

How to upgrade Ruhl’s intimate vision of the underworld to the grand scale of opera without sacrificing its delicate structure, its uncanny intimacy or its surreal sense of humor?

If Tuesday night’s premiere at the Metropolitan Opera was any indication, the answer is: effortlessly.

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