OrpheusPDX & Multiple Sclerosis Society of Portland Collaborate on ‘Jacqueline’ to Raise Awareness & Support

(Photo credit: Dahlia Katz) OrpheusPDX and the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Portland (MSSP) have joined forces for the upcoming performances Luna Pearl Woolf and Royce Vavrek’s “Jacqueline.” The opera is based on the life of legendary cellist Jacqueline du Prè, whose life and career was dramatically altered by the onset of multiple sclerosis (MS). It explores themes of resilience, the {…}

OrpheusPDX 2023 Review: Dark Sisters

(Written by: James Bash) OrpheusPDX, a new company founded by Christopher Mattaliano in Portland, Oregon, concluded its second season with a brilliant and thought-provoking production of Nico Muhly’s “Dark Sisters,” at Lincoln Hall on August 24. “Dark Sisters” explores and exposes relationships in a polygamous sect and reveals the courage of one sister-wife to leave it. With Stephen Karam’s libretto {…}