The story takes place in the future.
At the cemetery, during the funeral of Euridice who died from a snake bite, there are light spheres instead of tombstones and graves. People’s souls are imprisoned inside of them. Orfeo performs a farewell ritual and releases the soul of his beloved into the world, where it will become a part of the Memory constellation.
However, he cannot cope with his wife’s death. Alone, Orfeo asks the heavens to bring Euridice back to life or take him too. Amore conveys the will of the gods: Orfeo is allowed to save his beloved. With the help of virtual reality glasses, he needs to get to the unreal world where his wife is and get her out of there but on one condition. He must not look at her.
Orfeo puts the VR glasses on and finds himself at the entrance to the World of the Dead. Evil furies are preventing him from entering Tartarus. Although they are trying to scare him away with horrible visions, with the power of his music, the singer manages to persuade them to let him into the underworld.
Elysium. It is the realm of the Blessed Shadows where the soul of Euridice, who misses her husband is. Orfeo finds his beloved.
He is guiding his wife to the real world. Euridice is unaware that Orfeo is forbidden to look at her before they are both back.
With all his strength, he tries not to look, recalling Amore’s order. Euridice is concerned: why won’t Orfeo look at her? Maybe he does not love her anymore? She scolds her husband.
The loving heart of Orfeo cannot withstand the test. He takes the glasses off and looks at Euridice. At this very moment, the woman dies.
Orfeo is at the cemetery again. In desperation, he wants to kill himself, because the world without his beloved has no purpose. At the last moment, Amore appears and unites their hearts, bringing Euridice back to life. But… does this actually happen? The line between the real and the virtual world is so thin… Orfeo and Euridice will forever be together as two rays of light.
Opera in 3 acts Libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi