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Orphée et EurydiceWith his 1762 operatic adaptation of the Greek myth of Orpheus, composer Christoph Willibald Gluck introduced a streamlined “reform” approach to opera that would go on to dramatically transform the art form, heavily influencing the many popular works that followed from, among others, Mozart, Weber, and especially Wagner. The IN Series was inspired by Gluck’s pluck in creating “the original revolutionary opera” to use it as the source for its first-ever opera film.Orphée et Eurydice stars the husband-and-wife duo Benjamin Williamson of the English National Opera and Paula Sides of the Royal Opera House, filmed in their own home during COVID-19 isolation.