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And it’s a clumsy one, attempting in the third act to weave aria pauses into a breakneck pace and an abrupt, Orphic turn.

But the most important thing — an Orphic struggle if ever there was one — was not to look back.

He knew he wanted to expand on his Orpheus-theme cantata, “The Orphic Moment.”

It’s his own school that is in session — a one-way, Orphic descent into hell, with the violence manifest instead of latent, and his own pessimism front and center.

This immersive, site-specific performance piece inspired by the current Getty Villa exhibition “Underworld: Imagining the Afterlife” is part nocturnal processional and part Orphic mystery rite — so comfy shoes and warm clothing are most definitely recommended.