Orpheus, the son of god of music Apollo and muse Calliope, was the greatest bard, mystic, and prophet in ancient Greek ...

The earliest mentions of a supreme musician called Orpheus date back to the sixth century BCE, and in the fourth century BCE the philosopher Plato commented specifically on the myth of Orpheus and ...

No contemporary playwright has combined depth and whimsy more beguilingly than Sarah Ruhl. Drawing inspiration from sources as diverse as the Salem witch trials, Virginia Woolf, and Peter Pan, the two ...

The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice has been retold from oral traditions spread through the streets of Ancient Greece to the Broadway stage. From Nov. 15 to Nov. 17, the ancient legend made it to ...

The comparison makes sense: In the myth, Eurydice dies from a snakebite and goes to the underworld. Similarly, Gemma is presumed dead in Severance, although she's really in the Lumon basement, which ...

From March 1 to March 10, Boston Lyric Opera presented a new production of “Eurydice,” which originally premiered at Los Angeles Opera in 2020. The golden child of Boston-born composer Matthew A.

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Kaos and The Sandman season 2.The Sandman weaves in and out of Greek mythology, and, in one case, offers a different take on a famous tragic myth that was ...

Orpheus and Eurydice, those doomed lovers of Greek mythology, have long been the fodder of great opera composers, beginning with Claudio Monteverdi in 1607. Gluck's version, which premiered in 1762, ...

" Hadestown " returns to Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) this weekend for a jaunt to the underworld. The musical, which won eight Tony Awards in 2019, intertwines two Greek myths: Orpheus and ...