Eurydice: She, So Beloved (2007)
Commissioned by Opera North, the Brothers Quay created the installation and film 'She, So Beloved' inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem ‘Orpheus. Eurydice. Hermes.’ The Orfeo myth is re-told through a combination of art forms; film, dance, music and visual art contained within a contemporary staged installation to provide an intimate sensory experience.
Directors: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay.
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Simon Keenlyside as Orfeo |
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Kenneth Tharp as Hermes |
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Zenaida Yanowsky as Eurydice |
| Camera | Nicholas D. Knowland | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Stephen Quay | Editor |
| Editing | Timothy Quay | Editor |
| Directing | Stephen Quay | Director |
| Directing | Timothy Quay | Director |
| Production | Lucie Conrad | Producer |
| Art | Stephen Quay | Set Designer |
| Art | Timothy Quay | Set Designer |
| Sound | Claudio Monteverdi | Music |
| Sound | Mike Hatch | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Sophie Davies | Sound mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sharon Martin | Makeup Artist |