Matthew Aucoin, William Socolof to perform new works at Chatter

The music of Austrian composer Franz Schubert and new works by composer Matthew Aucoin are coming together for a pair of Chatter shows. "Schubert + Aucoin" will feature Aucoin on piano with the vocals ...
WWNO

In 'Eurydice,' Matthew Aucoin and Sarah Ruhl recast opera's foundational myth

Aucoin, 31, is a polymath: the recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant, he's a pianist, conductor, composer, impresario and writer. And he loves opera—even if he finds it an "impossible" art form. "I ...
Yakima Herald-Republic

Matthew Aucoin’s ‘Music for New Bodies’ makes West Coast premiere in Seattle

“The voice of the bottom of the ocean. The voice of the medicines moving through your veins. The voice of the core of the Earth.” Composer Matthew Aucoin names them like a spell — presences that ...
The Boston Globe

Composer Matthew Aucoin is bringing his slimmed-down ‘Eurydice’ opera to Boston

When composer Matthew Aucoin’s “Eurydice” first played New York’s Metropolitan Opera, the production boasted an offstage chorus and an orchestra of around 70 players. Hailed as an “arresting tour de ...
Capital Public Radio

In 'Eurydice,' Matthew Aucoin and Sarah Ruhl recast opera's foundational myth

The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice has inspired operas from the beginning of the art form, more than 400 years ago. Tonight, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City plays host to a new iteration: ...