The tale of the daughter of greedy King Midas turning into gold. Orpheus, “the greatest musician of all time,” seeing his lover Eurydice die and come back to life—only to be lost in the Underworld ...

Hadestown is a powerhouse musical that highlights the strength of the medium. From moving performances to audacious staging and lighting to live music played right on stage, the Tony Award-winning ...

Orpheus used to spend much of his early years in the idyllic pursuits of music and poetry. His skill had far surpassed the ... The girl was called Eurydice, she was beautiful and shy. She had been ...

Of all the mysteries of Ancient Greece, the Orphic Mysteries based on the myth of Orpheus are the most intriguing.

Grammy-winning countertenor Iestyn Davies will perform as Orpheus, with Australian soprano Samantha Clarke taking the roles of Eurydice and Amore. Laurence Cummings conducts, bringing together ...

Today’s column is written by David L. Harrison, host of Poetry from Daily Life. He lives with his wife Sandy, a retired school counselor and businesswoman, in Springfield, Missouri. This is the ...

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The musical, which won a Tony Award, was also inspired by the Greek myth of Eurydice and her lover Orpheus. Ruhl’s “Eurydice” ...

Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice is a different perspective from the mythical story of Orpheus and Eurydice. The play follows Eurydice into the underworld where she finds her father and has to fight to ...

I Am Maria: My Poems and Reflections on Heartbreak, Healing, and Hope' will hit bookshelves on April 1, 2025 Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

It was only much later that I realised they were my first attempts at poetry.” He would later write love poems of his own (most of which he never delivered). And move on from there to published ...