Orpheus et Eurydice Compagnie Marie Chouinard Memorial Hall, UNC Campus March 25 The story of Orpheus and Eurydice ranks highly among the most frustratingly inevitable Greek myths. When Eurydice ...

The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice has inspired countless paintings, poems, novels, ballets, operas, and films. Although generally interpreted as a love story, it is, in fact, an anti-love story.

The story has been the subject of artists including a painting by Titian and a sculpture by Auguste Rodin. It’s also been made into operas and ballets and films. Most were focused on Orpheus, but in ...

In “Hadestown” — Anais Mitchell’s gorgeously entwined telling of the tales of Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and Persephone — the seasons are out of joint. “It’s either blazing hot ...

The sculpture is carved in a block of sandstone. The torso of Eurydice rises from the rock, her head is thrown back and her eyes are closed as she listens to the music. Her long hair hangs down the ...