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* AmbiguousEnding: In the RevisedEnding where Apollo takes Orpheus up to heaven, he says "In the sun and in the stars you shall gaze at [Eurydice's] fair image." Does this mean that the gods have transported Eurydice from the Underworld to Olympus to live HappilyEverAfter with Orpheus? Or have they merely created a constellation in her image for Orpheus to gaze at? And if it's the latter, is Orpheus happy about it or not? All he says is that he would be an unworthy son to Apollo if he didn't accept his offer. The 1978 Jean-Pierre Ponnelle film notably plays the ending as a PyrrhicVictory, where [[MoodDissonance despite the happy final chorus]], Orpheus is still distraught to have lost Eurydice forever and looks miserable as he ascends.
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* TruerToTheText: The opera's original ending was closer to the myth, with Dionysus's followers pursuing Orpheus. Some productions either retain the original ending or alter it to be closer in other ways, such as cutting Apollo's scene or changing it to [[spoiler:have Orpheus join Eurydice in death instead of a heavenly ascent]].
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* TruerToTheText: The opera's original ending was closer to the myth, with Dionysus's followers pursuing Orpheus. Some productions either retain the original ending or alter it to be closer in other ways, such as cutting Apollo's scene scene, having [[spoiler: Orpheus be killed by the Bacchantes and Apollo come to rescue his spirit rather than his living self]], or changing it to [[spoiler:have Orpheus join Eurydice in death instead of a heavenly ascent]].
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* RiddleForTheAges: A different sort than the usual, as [[spoiler:why Orpheus turns around]] is explained, but [[spoiler:what caused the sound that ''made'' him turn]] is completely unknown.
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* RiddleForTheAges: A different sort than the usual, as [[spoiler:why Orpheus turns around]] is explained, but [[spoiler:what caused the sound that ''made'' him turn]] is completely unknown.unknown and up to a director's interpretation.
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* KilledOffscreen: Eurydice's death by snakebite occurs offstage, with Sylvia the messenger relating the unfortunate news.
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** Silvia Costa's 2023 production set the happy beginning in Underworld colors to focus on the melancholy of the piece and how happiness can be fleeting, hinting that the events are Orpheus futilely reliving his wedding day and Underworld trip in the hopes of changing what happened.
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** Silvia Costa's 2023 production set the happy beginning in Underworld colors to focus on the melancholy of the piece and how happiness can be fleeting, hinting that the events are Orpheus futilely reliving his wedding day and Underworld trip in the hopes of changing what happened.happened until [[spoiler:Apollo either helps him cope or gives him a MercyKill with medicine]].
