About every five years I run across music that rockets to the top of my favorite list. I listened to the first song from Anaïs Mitchell‘s folk opera Hadestown on YouTube. Then I paused and ordered the full cd online. I knew I would love just about every aspect of it, and I was right.
This work places Orpheus and Eurydice in a post-apocalyptic America somewhat reminiscent of the Great Depression. The libretto is marvelous, the scoring for a small ensemble perfectly understated to support songs that are all winners.
Catholic Sensibility 