Orpheus and Eurydice Composer Christoph Willibald Gluck Librettist Ranieri de' Calzabigi Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Portland, OR Venue Paramount Theatre, Portland Season 1959 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Silvio Varviso Stage Director(s) Dino Yannopoulos Stage setting by Waldemar Johansen Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Willam Christensen Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Orfeo Blanche Thebom Euridice Lucine Amara Amor Joan Marie Moynagh Solo Dancer(s) Nancy Johnson Sally Bailey Richard Carter Show Dates Sun, Sep 6 1959, 8:30pm Time and Place Legendary Greece Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- The death of Euridice Scene 2 -- Hades Act II, Scene 1 -- The Elysian fields Scene 2 -- Hades Scene 3 -- The death of Orfeo Notes Corps de Ballet