Tear Jerker / Orfeo ed Euridice

• The opera starts with Orpheus and a chorus mourning Eurydice's death. Orpheus is so devastated initially that all he can say is her name, and he eventually shoos the mourners away to grieve in private, cursing the gods for taking his wife from him.
• The moment at the end of Act II when the Blessed Spirits of Elysium reunite Eurydice with Orpheus can evoke tears of the heartwarming, joyful variety for any audience member who's ever dreamed of reuniting with a dead loved one. In the 1982 filmed performance from Glyndebourne, Dame Janet Baker visibly weeps real tears as Orpheus when the spirits bring Eurydice forward.
• The walk out of Hades is emotionally devastating, as not only can Orpheus not turn to look at Eurydice, he can't speak to her to tell her why. Eurydice thinks he no longer loves her, begs him to look at her, and threatens to stay behind in death if he won't explain himself, which ultimately makes him turn around and lose her again.
• The aria "Che farò senza Euridice?" ("What will I do without my Eurydice?") Orpheus has gone to Hades to retrieve his wife Eurydice, who has just died, only to lose her again when he looks back at her. His response is nothing short of heartbreaking.
• The Český Krumlov Castle version of the opera was filmed as a Show Within a Show, with Orpheus's actor seeing and participating in the show to drown his sorrows over losing Eurydice—which is implicitly his fault, as a flashback in the Furies section reveals. He eventually realizes the happy ending is all an illusion to keep him from dealing with grief, and it ends with him silently walking away from the theater alone.

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