| 单词 | Eurydice |
| 例句 | When Ptolemy I started to show evidence of favoring succession to one of his younger sons, the future Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Demetrius opined in favor of the interests of Eurydice, the old king’s first wife. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z They summoned Eurydice and gave her to him, but upon one condition: that he would not look back at her as she followed him, until they had reached the upper world. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Upon the death of Orpheus’s wife, Eurydice, he marched into the Underworld and played his lyre for Hades until the lord of Death, so moved, agreed to return his wife. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Neither has the Quest of the Golden Fleece, nor Orpheus and Eurydice, nor many another. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He determined to go down to the world of death and try to bring Eurydice back. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Failure to abide by this one rule would nullify his victory; and Eurydice would be lost forever. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Where he first met and how he wooed the maiden he loved, Eurydice, we are not told, but it is clear that no maiden he wanted could have resisted the power of his song. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z After Eurydice dies from a snakebite, Orpheus persuades Hades to release her from the underworld. "WandaVision" echoes myths of Isis, Orpheus and Kisa Gotami to explain how grief and love persevere 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z In a heartbreaking moment, the dead Eurydice arrives, holding an umbrella that has not protected her from the waters. Review: ‘Eurydice,’ a New Opera, Looks Back All Too Tamely 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z And the president is a woman called Eurydice. Sucker Punch; Welcome to Thebes; Alice 2010-06-26T23:05:00Z “Tell me a story of when you were little,” Eurydice says to her father, and he complies with tale after tale. A Ghostly Father Sets Off a Cascade of Memories 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Several generations of actors play musician Orpheus and Eurydice, the bride he tries to rescue from the underworld. Alain Resnais back in Cannes competition at 89 2012-05-21T13:31:10Z The poem, Eurydice, is one of the longest pieces of public art in the capital. Waterloo underpass poem to be restored 2011-01-18T18:57:04Z “We’re not. But at least these moments — this Verdi, this ‘Fire’ and now this ‘Eurydice’ — are helping everyone focus on what matters to us and how we can function together. Yannick Nézet-Séguin Is New York’s Conductor Now 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Yet the parallel duet — of Eurydice entangled with Orpheus, trying to get him to look at her, not knowing that when she succeeds she will again die — was botched at its close. Review: At City Ballet, Taylor Stanley Is a God for Our Time 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z His tenor is white-hot, piercing through the orchestra, threatening to burst into flames as Hades, in his sleazy green leisure suit, leers at Eurydice and stretches the syllables of her name into a sinister design. Review | At Met premiere, ‘Eurydice’ offers a beguiling visit to the underworld 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z The story is the familiar Greek myth, opening after the death of Eurydice, the love of master musician Orpheus. Seattle Opera’s ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’ takes advantage of more intimate venue 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z He glances back to be sure Eurydice is behind him. Seattle Opera's 'Orpheus' is a love story for all time 2012-02-15T23:05:03Z He’s a parasite who sinks his teeth into Eurydice’s intellect and Orpheus’s music. The Emails Behind the Opera ‘Eurydice’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Eurydice’s father, having lost all hope of reuniting with his daughter after her husband arrives to save her, takes another dip into the Styx, causing him to die a final death. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z “The Orphic Moment” ends at the very instance when Orpheus loses Eurydice for a second time. Review: ‘Orphic Moments,’ With Feast, at National Sawdust 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Sharps first took audiences into the depths of Somerset House in 2000 for Don't Look Back, a spine-tingling piece inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Da Vinci v dreamthinkspeak at Somerset House 2013-01-29T07:00:03Z In my mind it is twinned with “Eurydice,” Ms. Ruhl’s devastatingly poignant adaptation of the Orpheus myth, in which a young woman prematurely follows her dead father into the underworld. A Ghostly Father Sets Off a Cascade of Memories 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Language plays a major role in the shedding and rebuilding of Eurydice’s identity, and Tucker’s projections went beyond their utilitarian function as subtitles. Review | At Met premiere, ‘Eurydice’ offers a beguiling visit to the underworld 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Then coming into the house for my first “Eurydice” rehearsal — it was almost too much for my heart to hold. ‘I Savor Everything’: A Soprano’s Star Turn at the Met Opera 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z A modern reworking of the Gluck classic opera, “Orpheus and Eurydice,” this all-female version presents the two protagonists as women spouses. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for June 2018 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z “Orfeo,” an adaptation of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, first performed in 1607, is probably the most immediately appealing of the three works. Review: An Inspiring End to a 6-Month Tour of Monteverdi’s Operas 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z He even reenacts the story of Orpheus and Eurydice when he tries to bring a later mate back into the world of the living. A book-length historical fantasy about a crow? It’s not as birdbrained as that sounds. 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z It is, after all, the vibration that lulled Cerberus, the hound of Hades, and rescued Orpheus’ beloved Eurydice from the underworld. Ismail Kadare Grapples With the Supernatural 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z For all I appreciate about the way both productions offer Eurydice more agency, I do think they give her short shrift. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z “But in Sarah’s play, Orpheus is a normal dude, a pretty immature one, and not super communicative — a frustrating boyfriend. I wanted to musicalize both his doubleness and that there’s something Eurydice can’t see.” A Young Composer Takes On Opera’s Oldest Myth 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z It is Orpheus's arrival at the gates of the underworld, hoping to retrieve Eurydice. Before I Sleep; Eurydice; Macbeth 2010-05-08T23:07:00Z I feel it might be awkward for me to retread the Orpheus territory from his point of view having already written “Eurydice.” The Emails Behind the Opera ‘Eurydice’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z But even with this often intriguing revision, the opera still defines Eurydice solely by her relationship to men. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Birtwistle, an éminence grise among British modernists, has long dealt in mythic subjects, like the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice. The Week Ahead: May 23 ? 29 2010-05-20T20:56:00Z This is a work that deals in the broad strokes of opera, and seems to tip its hat to the earliest known story in the art form: Orpheus and Eurydice. In San Francisco, a Week of Destination Opera 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Despite the amount of kit, this is actually a very low-tech show whose real strength is its consummate storytelling, with echoes of Orpheus and Eurydice. Something Very Far Away – review 2012-06-10T14:11:57Z Sullen and frustrated, he lives unhappily in a posh apartment with his wife, Eurydice. Recordings: A New Recording of Philip Glass?s Opera ?Orph?e? 2010-08-01T02:00:00Z Orpheus, Eurydice and Eurydice’s father all end up in the underworld together, but they find no peace. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z When Qfwfq descends into the depths to bring Ayl back to the Earth’s surface, we realize that we are reading Calvino’s version of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Michael Dirda reviews ‘The Complete Cosmicomics,’ by Italo Calvino That changed in recent weeks, as her likeness — blown up to the size of buses and billboards — has promoted her star turn in “Eurydice,” which had its Met premiere on Tuesday. ‘I Savor Everything’: A Soprano’s Star Turn at the Met Opera 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z He recently made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Orpheus’s double in Matthew Aucoin’s “Eurydice,” a role he created when the work premiered in Los Angeles in February 2020. Review: ‘Messiah’ Brings the New York Philharmonic to Church 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Eurydice doesn’t see Orpheus’s double, but panicky outbursts in the orchestra and her sputtered vocal lines suggest that she senses him. Review: ‘Eurydice,’ a New Opera, Looks Back All Too Tamely 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Aboveground, the lead characters, Orpheus and Eurydice, endure food scarcity and brutal weather that’s “either blazing hot or freezing cold,” a framing that was inspired by headlines about climate refugees. Amid Climate Talks, an Actor’s Call to Action Unfolds Onstage 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Her counterpart in “Eurydice” also forgets Orpheus, her own name and even how to read; she meets her dead father but is unable to recognize him at first. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z “We are reassessing all the operas I am going to be conducting,” he added, “because I don’t want this to be the exception, to do ‘Eurydice’ and ‘Fire.’ Yannick Nézet-Séguin Is New York’s Conductor Now 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z “Eurydice’s pronoun is she,” Chavkin said, “but that shouldn’t necessarily limit the actors we consider.” Lillias White Finds Her Goddess for ‘Hadestown’ 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z “Orpheus and Eurydice,” which runs through Jan. 30, fits nicely in Tagney Jones Hall, the intimacy intensifying the emotional impact. Seattle Opera’s ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’ takes advantage of more intimate venue 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z A lifelong classics nerd, I was surprised both times by the reaction: Does the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice really require a spoiler alert? Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z You wonder why this Orpheus needs to be told not to look at Eurydice; he never looks at anyone anyway. Dance Review: Pina Bausch’s ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’ From Paris Opera Ballet 2012-07-22T20:20:07Z The main story suffers most from this problem: Outside of their arias, Orpheus and Eurydice are blandly written and thus performed. Review: The Metamorphosis of ‘Hadestown,’ From Cool to Gorgeous 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z “Eurydice” had a pre-Met premiere at Los Angeles Opera, where Aucoin is artist in residence, just days before the shutdowns started. The Met is betting on a blockbuster lineup to make up for this canceled year. The future of opera may depend on it. 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z There they will watch, on a large, wall-mounted video monitor, a production of his well-known play “Eurydice” performed by a youthful theater company. Movie Review: ‘You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet,’ by Alain Resnais 2013-06-07T00:57:27Z And of course there’s Ruhl herself, who created a revisionist mythology in her 2003 play “Eurydice,” which she adopted into the opera’s libretto. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Hell was a big theme this year, thanks to “Hadestown,” Anaïs Mitchell’s boogie-woogie retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, which was nominated for fourteen awards and won eight, including Best Musical. The 2019 Tony Awards: “Hadestown” Triumphs, Elaine May Sparkles, and Billy Porter Wins the Red Carpet 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z It stops short of Orpheus’s grand misstep, a forbidden glance back at Eurydice, which provides turmoil enough for a third act. Critic’s Notebook: A Boston Biennial Celebrates the Baroque Tradition 2013-06-18T21:16:06Z Mr. Page’s charcoal baritone seductively wraps itself around Ms. Mitchell’s songs as he hymns the comforts that await Eurydice down below, and mocks Orpheus’s promises: Review: ‘Hadestown’ Reanimates a Well-Known Myth 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z But the pressure goes further; in Patrick Page’s beguiling performance, Hades is explicitly predatory, exploiting Eurydice’s feelings of displacement and neglect in her relationship. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z His new work, composed for a soprano, a tenor and six instrumentalists, lingers upon a specific instant in that story: the moment Orpheus turns to view Eurydice, thereby consigning her to oblivion. The Week Ahead: May 23 ? 29 2010-05-20T20:56:00Z Atlas Pit or The Garbage Man’s Son Los Angeles New Court Theatre presents Alex Burkart’s new drama, inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, about a Wisconsin teen traumatized by his girlfriend’s tragic death. L.A. theater openings, Sept. 25-Oct. 2: 'Phoebe Zeitgeist Returns to Earth' and more 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z “There are lots of places that start, ‘Orpheus was a poor boy’ or ‘Eurydice was a hungry young girl.’ Lillias White Finds Her Goddess for ‘Hadestown’ 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z In trying to outmaneuver their mortality and reconnect with one another, Orpheus, Eurydice and Eurydice’s father each arrive at an oblivion more desolate and lonely than what they’d known before. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Yet “Hadestown” never fulfills that essential mandate — revealing why a jazzy adaptation of Orpheus and Eurydice’s story should merit all this muscular stomping around. Review | ‘Hadestown’ arrives on Broadway, and well, it all goes to you-know-where 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Beyond the realm of art, psychoanalyst Carl Jung and others have used Orpheus and Eurydice as models for certain psychological complexes. Seattle Opera's 'Orpheus' is a love story for all time 2012-02-15T23:05:03Z Gluck did away with improvised ornamentation by singers and, in Orfeo ed Eurydice, created a new kind of opera. Guadagni: the first modern singer? 2012-07-19T13:13:24Z Your plays “Eurydice” and “The Clean House” recently reduced me to a blubbering awe-struck wreck. The Emails Behind the Opera ‘Eurydice’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z In the underworld of “Hadestown,” Eurydice joins Hades’s army of souls, forgetting her identity like the deceased around her. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Ms. Ruhl’s “Eurydice” was performed in Germany with a major monologue cut and a new character added. You Wrote the Play. Can You Let It Go? 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z For, while the details remain vague — there is little in “Hadestown” that qualifies as specific action — Eurydice quickly becomes disenchanted when Orpheus’s sunny promises are not immediately kept. Review: ‘Hadestown’ Reanimates a Well-Known Myth 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z You got the sense that, in the years he’s been working on “Eurydice,” he’s grown up. A Young Composer Takes On Opera’s Oldest Myth 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z It took a meeting or two for me to be like, you know what, adapting “Eurydice” makes more sense. The Emails Behind the Opera ‘Eurydice’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z They play cards, share meals and discuss the meaning of the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ Review: A Brush With Passion 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Together, like Orpheus and Eurydice on a holiday, Mizuki and Yusuke visit several other characters, some of whom have not yet crossed over either. At the Cannes Film Festival, Some Gems Midway Through 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z In addition, Mr. Birtwistle invented a language made up of the component syllables of the names Orpheus and Eurydice. Past and Present, the Orpheus Myth Makes Us Rethink Music 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z “Eurydice” was one of the first milestones of her career, but one she can still see quite clearly from a great distance. Perspective | For the new opera ‘Eurydice,’ a challenge of mythic scale: Retelling the Orpheus myth without looking back 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Eurydice, the beloved of Orpheus, is “less a lover than a trope of literature.” Classical Myths Filtered Through a Modern Prism 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Instead they ended up adapting her 2003 play “Eurydice” — a yearning, fanciful treatment of the Orpheus story in which Eurydice is reunited with her dead father in the underworld. The Emails Behind the Opera ‘Eurydice’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z His early poems especially can be overly jeweled with classical references, to Circe and Icarus and Eurydice and Artemis, as if he were not painting lilies but hanging bangles on them. Books of The Times: ?Collected Poems? by Jack Gilbert 2012-03-13T12:00:00Z “This is not Hades at all, it’s an opera production, Orfeo and Eurydice, one of those trendy stagings by Jonathan Miller, set in a hospital, and you’re Charon the boatman cast as a doctor!” How Comrade Ilizarov saved my leg 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z The baritone Rod Gilfry, who starred as Whitman and has returned to play the heroine’s father in “Eurydice,” said he admired that Mr. Aucoin was already “keenly tuned to what a voice can do.” A Young Composer Takes On Opera’s Oldest Myth 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Vividly lyrical, her music has been highly acclaimed, especially Hadestown, her extraordinary 2010 concept album and folk opera – a modern take on the myth of Orpheus attempting to rescue his wife, Eurydice, from the underworld. Never mind the birdlore: the new face of folk music 2013-01-27T16:59:01Z Gluck’s opera begins with Orpheus grief-stricken at the death of his beloved, Eurydice. Joffrey Ballet dazzles in L.A. Opera's 'Orpheus and Eurydice' 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Butler parallels this philosophy against a reconfigured retelling of the Greek tragedy, Orpheus and Eurydice, a story modernized by Camus in his 1959 masterpiece, Black Orpheus. Arcade Fire’s Rare Power Shines on Reflektor 2013-10-28T18:41:49Z This structure puts much more focus than usual on Eurydice, the conjunction of these romantic and familial strands. Review: The Met Opera’s ‘Eurydice’ Tries to Raise the Dead 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z “Eurydice” commits more explosively to woe in its stellar third act, after two acts of tedious exposition. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Take, for example, Act II, “Sub Terra,” in which Orpheus goes to the underworld for his beloved Eurydice. Spitfire Fiddling: The Week’s 8 Best Classical Music Moments on YouTube 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z They might be Orpheus and Eurydice, running for their lives and their destinies through the Underworld, Otherworld or Bizarro World. The Adjustment Bureau: Matt Damon's Battle of the Angels 2011-03-04T17:00:00Z A nimble-fingered Orpheus and Eurydice duet on guitar and flute. Orpheus – review 2013-04-27T23:05:39Z The latest is Matthew Aucoin, whose “Eurydice,” based on the 2003 play by Sarah Ruhl, premiered at the Los Angeles Opera early last year and opens at the Metropolitan Opera on Nov. 23. Juilliard Stages an Orpheus Rarity From Opera’s Early Days 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z He described that work as “a 17-minute explosion … kind of an expansion of the few milliseconds before Orpheus turns round” and thus loses his chance to bring Eurydice back to life. “Eurydice” heads to LA Opera and then Met 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Ms. Ruhl, whose works include “Eurydice” and “The Clean House,” is celebrated for capitalizing on such ambiguity and for blurring boundaries between myth and reality, poetry and prose and even animal and human. Review: Plunging Into Polyamory With ‘How to Transcend a Happy Marriage’ 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z In the story of Orpheus and Eurydice she tugs on the tension between art and domesticity: What good is beauty if you’re hungry? Review: The Metamorphosis of ‘Hadestown,’ From Cool to Gorgeous 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z The remaining scenes flow together like poetry from the Greek myth of Orpheus and his lost wife, Eurydice, upon which this modern fairy tale in based. 'Hopscotch,' dubbed the 'asphalt opera,' hits the streets of L.A. 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z She lives in Paris with her daughter, Eurydice, a.k.a. Motherlode Blog: After Leukemia, New Year’s Lipstick-Marked Beginnings 2014-01-01T14:06:48Z As Wanda watches Vision slowly vanish before her eyes, viewers may be reminded of the myth of Orpheus, a Greek hero, and his wife, Eurydice. "WandaVision" echoes myths of Isis, Orpheus and Kisa Gotami to explain how grief and love persevere 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z Might be more moving just: “Eurydice is gone. How do you remember to forget?” The Emails Behind the Opera ‘Eurydice’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Rudian’s Eurydice tells him of her otherworldly journey to come to him — the cold, the dogs and the barbed wire that stretches everywhere. Ismail Kadare Grapples With the Supernatural 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z They beckon from TV screens, represent ancient rites, exhume themselves like zombie Eurydices. “American Gods” are the ones we deserve: Neil Gaiman and the Starz show cast on the “long con” of religion and the struggle for lost soul of America 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Eurydice joins him there, and then she too writes from the underworld, telling her husband, Orpheus: “I’ll give this letter to a worm. I hope he finds you.” The Drama of Letters, Swirling With Suspense 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Eurydice is sung by Mitchell herself, who still marvels that she was able to align these stars long enough for the album to be made. Anais Mitchell: Greece is the word 2011-01-13T22:22:01Z My gut is that I’m more interested in adapting “Eurydice” into a musical piece. The Emails Behind the Opera ‘Eurydice’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z “There are strange high-pitched noises,” a character in Sarah Ruhl’s play “Eurydice” writes to his daughter, who is still in the land of the living, “like a teakettle always boiling over.” Review: The Met Opera’s ‘Eurydice’ Tries to Raise the Dead 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Though the romance of Orpheus and Eurydice ended cruelly, their bond symbolizes the intensity of feeling and primal commitment that love can engender. Seattle Opera's 'Orpheus' is a love story for all time 2012-02-15T23:05:03Z In both, Orpheus remains a genius musician who, though in love with Eurydice, is preoccupied with his art above all. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z For such an old — and short — story, the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice is still frequently told and adapted, much like that of another famous ill-fated couple, Romeo and Juliet. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Thebes is presented as an African country emerging from civil war into democracy under the leadership of a president, Eurydice, with a definite feminist agenda. Welcome to Thebes 2010-06-22T23:43:00Z Young Man in America Wilderland Anaïs Mitchell's last album, the garlanded , turned the story of Orpheus and Eurydice into a "folk opera". Anais Mitchell: Young Man in America ? review 2012-02-12T00:05:41Z Instead of the traditional story of the musician Orpheus, who loses his wife Eurydice then attempts to win her back from death through the power of song, Offenbach offers a cutting alternative. Offenbach’s ‘Fabulous Nonsense’ Hits Salzburg, With Cancan 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z His Eurydice is irritated with Orpheus’s incessant violin playing and has an affair with the shepherd next door, who turns out to be Pluto, god of the underworld. Offenbach’s ‘Fabulous Nonsense’ Hits Salzburg, With Cancan 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z The original movie, directed by Marcel Camus, updated the ancient myth of Orpheus and Eurydice by setting it in the city of Rio de Janeiro during Carnival. 'Black Orpheus' to become a Broadway musical 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z A lyre player, Orpheus is abetted in his mission to rescue his beloved Eurydice from the Underworld by the power of music. In Brussels, Taking ‘Orphée et Eurydice’ to Another Realm 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z When he does, he watches Eurydice disappear all over again. "WandaVision" echoes myths of Isis, Orpheus and Kisa Gotami to explain how grief and love persevere 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z Seattle Dance Project's retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice profits immeasurably from unfolding in ACT's Allen Theatre, where the tale is played almost in the round. Review: SDP's 'Project Orpheus' benefits from roomier setting 2010-09-22T21:31:00Z Still, Eurydice boarding a freight elevator and imagining a voice announcing, “Hell, 10 flights down!” is a less compelling denouement. Review | ‘Hadestown’ ushers Broadway back to the Kennedy Center in style 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Eurydice is the heart of this retelling of the classic myth, which premiered at Los Angeles Opera in early 2020. ‘I Savor Everything’: A Soprano’s Star Turn at the Met Opera 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Now titled “Orphée et Eurydice,” it incorporated French musical practice of the time — by recasting Orpheus, for example, from a castrato to a high tenor role. Gluck’s revolution: Pacific MusicWorks performs ‘Orphée,’ an opera by Marie Antoinette’s music teacher 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Perhaps the underworld, into which Eurydice topples by accident, is to blame. Before I Sleep; Eurydice; Macbeth 2010-05-08T23:07:00Z The dance hints that this Blessed Spirit contains the Orpheus who is still seeking Eurydice: he runs from side to side of the stage, apparently in quest. Dance Review | 'Kings of the Dance': Men Dancing vs. Male Centrality 2010-02-22T06:00:00Z As we partook in this wedding feast for Orpheus and Eurydice, Mr. Aucoin conducted the orchestra in selected dance episodes from the opera. Review: ‘Orphic Moments,’ With Feast, at National Sawdust 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z The murky circumstances of Eurydice’s acceptance of Hades’s bargain — he appears to offer her coins in return for her soul — do not lend much emotional weight to Orpheus’s pivotal mission. Review | ‘Hadestown’ arrives on Broadway, and well, it all goes to you-know-where 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z “Eurydice” is most moving as a symbol of a shift in the Met’s artistic priorities. Review: The Met Opera’s ‘Eurydice’ Tries to Raise the Dead 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z There, flying past, are the Muses, the three Graces, Orpheus and Eurydice. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Cinderella 2010-04-21T16:49:00Z Eurydice balks and Orpheus succumbs to her pressure, resulting in an understated final aria, his solo lament for his twice-lost love. Seattle Opera’s ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’ takes advantage of more intimate venue 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z But they also step back: Orpheus and Eurydice stand, too, for Man and Woman as timeless ambassadors. Review: Harrison Birtwistle’s ‘The Cure’ and ‘The Corridor,’ Myths With a Twist 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Investigating music’s tendency to revel and wallow in pain is also a driving motivation for Mr. Aucoin, who is at work at a new opera focusing on the character of Eurydice. Past and Present, the Orpheus Myth Makes Us Rethink Music 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z A theater review on Tuesday about “Hadestown,” at New York Theater Workshop in Manhattan, misspelled the given name of the actress who plays Eurydice. Review: ‘Hadestown’ Reanimates a Well-Known Myth 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Ms. Ruhl, a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, is the writer of plays including “Eurydice” and “Stage Kiss,” which Ms. Hecht starred in Off Broadway. Spare Times for June 5-11 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z But rather than compelling us to look back, “Eurydice” gives us much to look forward to. Review | At Met premiere, ‘Eurydice’ offers a beguiling visit to the underworld 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z In comparison to the Broadway version, when you watch the musical’s one truly anguishing moment — the final parting of Orpheus and Eurydice as fate swallows her up like quicksand — the effect feels diminished. Review | ‘Hadestown’ ushers Broadway back to the Kennedy Center in style 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z I was initially planning to write about grief in terms of Eurydice and the myth thereof. Julian Barnes 2013-03-30T07:00:25Z Eurydice descends to the underworld; Orpheus follows to retrieve her. Review: The Metamorphosis of ‘Hadestown,’ From Cool to Gorgeous 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z It is easy to like this Eurydice, her presence sweet yet unsentimental, but it is hard to care about her as much as we must. Review: The Met Opera’s ‘Eurydice’ Tries to Raise the Dead 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z “Black Orpheus” is the 1959 film by Marcel Camus, recreating the Orpheus and Eurydice myth in the Rio de Janeiro Carnival. Film ‘Black Orpheus’ to be adapted for Broadway 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z “Didn’t you already mourn for your father, young lady?” a heartless creature asks Eurydice, but that of course is beside the point. A Ghostly Father Sets Off a Cascade of Memories 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z It’s a small tweak, but one with great emotional consequences for Eurydice, pulled between two worlds. Perspective | For the new opera ‘Eurydice,’ a challenge of mythic scale: Retelling the Orpheus myth without looking back 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z “Eurydice” is a beguiling tour of the underworld and an arresting tour de force from a composer clearly hitting his stride. Review | At Met premiere, ‘Eurydice’ offers a beguiling visit to the underworld 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z When Chouinard’s company brought its version of “Orpheus and Eurydice” to On the Boards in 2008, a Seattle Times reviewer praised the troupe’s “astonishing language of energized, tormented beauty,” calling it “primordial and futuristic both.” 100th birthday celebrations for ‘The Rite of Spring’ in Seattle 2013-01-16T23:39:04Z The soprano Carrie Henneman Shaw was as graceful vocally as she was in her movements, dancing under a veil as the spirit of Eurydice. Opera Review: Boston Early Music Festival Offers Charpentier Short Operas 2014-03-22T02:07:34Z Orpheus was so attached to Eurydice, he could not resist the temptation to gaze on her during their ascent to the land of the living. Seattle Opera's 'Orpheus' is a love story for all time 2012-02-15T23:05:03Z Orpheus, the greatest musician of all, marries Eurydice, who dies when she’s bitten by a snake on their wedding day. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z The lower depths will also provide an appropriate venue for the company's production of Orpheus And Eurydice: A Myth Underground. This week's new theatre 2011-08-12T23:08:37Z And yet “Hadestown” bravely, if self-consciously, resolves that way, announcing that the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice is an “old song” and “a sad song, but we sing it anyway.” Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z When Eurydice dies the second time, vanishing without a trace, it’s as though she’s a figment of Orpheus’s imagination, more an archetype than anything else — the ill-fated lover, the tragic dead wife, another muse. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z That wasn’t the case at the Met this fall, when audiences got not one but two recent American operas, “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” and “Eurydice,” and “Porgy and Bess” alongside the newcomers. 4 Operas in 48 Hours: A Critic’s Marathon at the Met 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Unless, as in Bausch’s “Orpheus and Eurydice,” death brings an end to all. A Pina Bausch Revival at Tanztheater Wuppertal 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The show is a retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, dividing its time between the world above and the world below. Bringing Broadway Spectacle Back to Life 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Eurydice loves Orpheus but gets impatient with his self-absorbed fixation on music. Juilliard Stages an Orpheus Rarity From Opera’s Early Days 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z It certainly returns us to the great enigma of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth: by looking back at her in the underworld, he loses her. Cannes 2012: You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet ? review 2012-05-21T11:24:05Z But the musical language of “Eurydice” is at times curiously tame. Review: ‘Eurydice,’ a New Opera, Looks Back All Too Tamely 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z That each of the two Eurydices actively makes a choice, as opposed to being passively buffeted by fate, is telling. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z The three play cards, read and debate the story of Orpheus and Eurydice. How ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ Sees Power in Two Women in Love 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z We find Orpheus leading his beloved Eurydice from the realm of the dead back to life on earth, struggling to uphold the command of the gods that he not look at her during the journey. Review: ‘Orphic Moments,’ With Feast, at National Sawdust 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z But that 17-minute piece, with his own text, is a dark consideration of whether Orpheus looks back at Eurydice — and damns her to a second death — because it might be fruitful inspiration for his music. A Young Composer Takes On Opera’s Oldest Myth 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Here, you are supposed to be creating hair that looks like the George Washington Bridge during rush hour or Orpheus serenading Eurydice. | 'Hair Battle Spectacular': Battle of the Stylists on Oxygen 2010-08-09T21:08:00Z The acclaimed author of works including “Eurydice” and “The Clean House,” Ruhl goes nearly overboard with fanciful caprice in “Melancholy Play.” Review | Sarah Ruhl’s quirky take on depression at Constellation 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z As a teen-ager, Jones reveals, he wrote poetry in the voices of legendary women: Penelope, Eurydice, Medusa. Saeed Jones’s Striking Memoir About Race, Sex, and Self-Invention 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z But both adaptations draw a line of causality from Orpheus’s behavior to Eurydice’s death. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z And the title may be misleading: Only one of the paintings is a Bellini, and the attribution to a young Titian of a weird small landscape illustrating the story of Orpheus and Eurydice remains uncertain. Art Review: ‘Bellini, Titian and Lotto’ at the Metropolitan Museum 2012-07-05T21:59:59Z The 29-year-old composer’s “Eurydice” will have its world premiere at the Los Angeles Opera in February and then move to the Metropolitan Opera in the fall of 2021. “Eurydice” heads to LA Opera and then Met 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z There have been, at minimum, dozens of operas, song cycles, instrumental works and ballets based on the tragic romance between the Greek musician Orpheus and his beloved Eurydice. Seattle Opera's 'Orpheus' is a love story for all time 2012-02-15T23:05:03Z It’s kind of beautiful and satisfying to take your audience on a journey with you, and know that the people who saw me in “Eurydice” also saw me in “Manon Lescaut.” ‘I Savor Everything’: A Soprano’s Star Turn at the Met Opera 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The myth of Orpheus, who pursues his beloved Eurydice into the afterlife, is as old as time. Imaginative ‘Orphée’ melds period authenticy, innovation 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Orpheus and Eurydice are even characters in a noted popular game, "Don't Look Back," created by Irish game designer Terry Cavanagh. Seattle Opera's 'Orpheus' is a love story for all time 2012-02-15T23:05:03Z To promote his Metropolitan Opera debut in Matthew Aucoin’s “Eurydice” last fall, he flexed his breaking skills in Lincoln Center’s plaza, and the company’s publicity team filmed it in slow motion. He Break Dances. He Pole Dances. He Sings Like an Angel. 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z When he looks distracted and Eurydice asks him what he’s thinking about, he answers: “Music.” Review: ‘Eurydice,’ a New Opera, Looks Back All Too Tamely 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Orfeo's quest to bring back Eurydice from the dead begins as a lover's lament but ends up a spiritual pursuit. Monteverdi's 'L'Orfeo,' the first modern opera, has lessons for digital age 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z The Langley performing venue is presenting Zimmerman's contemporary take on such mythic figures as Orpheus and Eurydice, and Pandora and Persephone, on a set containing a reflecting pool of some 4,300 gallons of water. On stage: myths by the pool, and Chekhov's 'The Wood Demon' 2011-06-09T20:16:19Z The company is hoping that “Fire” and another contemporary opera — “Eurydice,” by Matthew Aucoin — will draw new audiences. The Met Opera Races to Reopen After Months of Pandemic Silence 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z I recalled another time I heard such a gasp: from the character of Eurydice near the end of “Doubt Comes In,” a song in the Broadway musical “Hadestown.” Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Before a single line of Sarah Ruhl’s 2003 play “Eurydice” is spoken, a curious stage direction stands like a sentinel at its front gate. Perspective | For the new opera ‘Eurydice,’ a challenge of mythic scale: Retelling the Orpheus myth without looking back 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z For Aucoin, bringing “Eurydice” back to life at such grand scale is an effort not just to reimagine the myth, but also the ways that art and grief connect. Perspective | For the new opera ‘Eurydice,’ a challenge of mythic scale: Retelling the Orpheus myth without looking back 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Opening at Los Angeles Opera on Saturday, “Eurydice” is a big work, with a big cast and chorus, and the baggage of big expectations: It will head to the Metropolitan Opera next year. A Young Composer Takes On Opera’s Oldest Myth 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z And yes, some of the young soloists’ voices — that of the Eurydice, Francesca Aspromonte, in particular — had that typical straight, slightly reedy, almost folk-singer quality that comes when trained singers perform without vibrato. Gardiner leads pastoral celebration with memorable ‘Orfeo’ 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Eurydice, having lost both her husband and father twice, follows her father into oblivion. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z After a short, quizzical overture, we meet Orpheus and Eurydice, dressed for fun at the beach. Review: ‘Eurydice,’ a New Opera, Looks Back All Too Tamely 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z When Eurydice dies, she embarks on a soul-searching journey in the underworld. Juilliard Stages an Orpheus Rarity From Opera’s Early Days 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Much of the play — and the opera — has to do with Eurydice reconstructing who she is from the fragments of her story that she’s lost. Perspective | For the new opera ‘Eurydice,’ a challenge of mythic scale: Retelling the Orpheus myth without looking back 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Eurydice’s father has secretly kept possession of a pen — forbidden below — and his English. Review: ‘Eurydice,’ a New Opera, Looks Back All Too Tamely 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z After she has died a second time, Eurydice writes a sisterly letter to Orpheus’s future wife, giving Ms. de Niese a poignantly fragile final aria. Review: ‘Eurydice,’ a New Opera, Looks Back All Too Tamely 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z The blessed spirits among whom Eurydice resides rise and float as if on the puffy cloud of Gluck’s famous flute solo. Joffrey Ballet dazzles in L.A. Opera's 'Orpheus and Eurydice' 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Gluck’s “Orpheus and Eurydice” may be based on the Greek myth of a singer capable of beguiling even hell’s furies, but the opera has long been catnip to choreographers. Joffrey Ballet dazzles in L.A. Opera's 'Orpheus and Eurydice' 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Just why Hades takes a shine to Eurydice is among the details left vague in “Hadestown” — perhaps during the six months when Persephone is allowed to roam the earth he grows a little restive. Review: ‘Hadestown’ Reanimates a Well-Known Myth 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z And sharp episodes in which the feminist aspect of the play comes into close focus: David Harewood's strong Theseus and Nikki Amuka-Bird's beautifully cool Eurydice share an attempted seduction scene full of finely judged unease. Sucker Punch; Welcome to Thebes; Alice 2010-06-26T23:05:00Z He descends to the underworld, where the god of the dead offers him another chance at love: He can leave with Eurydice, but only if he walks ahead and never turns around. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Nézet-Séguin conducted “Fire,” the Met’s first work by a Black composer, to open the season and the company premiere of Matthew Aucoin’s “Eurydice” last month. Met Opera to present Blanchard’s ‘Champion’ in April 2023 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Tobiason's Eurydice is a goofy gamin, moving not quite as silkily as she did two years ago. Review: SDP's 'Project Orpheus' benefits from roomier setting 2010-09-22T21:31:00Z Some of the gentler additions to the work are wonderful, like a gorgeous melody, reminiscent of gamelan, that Mr. Young has titled “Blues for Eurydice.” Six Hours and 24 Minutes Later, a Minimalism Classic Is Back 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Based on the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, it is set in a walled underground city in grim, post-apocalyptic times. Review: Anais Mitchell Sings Her Own Work at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z But Eurydice was so present for me as a character, and it wouldn’t make sense to retread the material from his perspective. The Emails Behind the Opera ‘Eurydice’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Whether it’s via a gradual transformation, as in “Hadestown,” or an abrupt change, as in “Eurydice,” our heroine loses her sense of self. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z The level of emotion that emanates from the screen often makes more of an impact than the stage action: The actress Célia Maracajà’s quiet dignity is breathtaking when she appears as Eurydice, Creon’s wife. ‘Antigone in the Amazon’ Review: The Drama Is Brazil’s Land War 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z The concert opened with a new suite by Matthew Aucoin adapted from his opera “Eurydice,” which played at the Metropolitan Opera last fall. Review: Without a Note of Beethoven, an Orchestra Shines 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z In this sense, Eurydice becomes more than just the object of Orpheus’s obsession; she is his creation. Past and Present, the Orpheus Myth Makes Us Rethink Music 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Zimmerman’s blandly fantastical “Eurydice” staging efficiently depicts the action — the elevator down to hell; the shower that makes the dead forget their lives; the looming, pocked walls of the underworld — but lacks magic and sparkle. Review: The Met Opera’s ‘Eurydice’ Tries to Raise the Dead 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z In one beautiful moment, he talks about the dangers of looking back and mentions Orpheus and Eurydice. Claude Lanzmann returns to the Holocaust 2013-05-14T17:29:00Z Mr. Freeland, marvelously authoritative, is the Orpheus whose Eurydice dies in his arms; when he leads her back to the world, he kills her again by looking at her. L.A. Dance Project Has Vivid Performers and Fine Repertory. There’s Just One Problem. 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z “Eurydice” allows its heroine the power to decide: head back with her husband, or remain in the underworld with her father. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z When Orpheus turned around to look at Eurydice during the closing performance of Matthew Aucoin and Sarah Ruhl’s “Eurydice” at the Metropolitan Opera, the audience’s collective gasp seemed to shake the grand theater. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z The Orpheus and Eurydice myth, so deep with associations in dance history, is invoked only to be turned away from. Review: Richard Alston Dance Says Adieu in (Quiet) Character 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Instead he abandons Gluck’s story in favor of a made-up one about a woman named Els, an alter ego of Eurydice who lies in a hospital near Brussels. In Brussels, Taking ‘Orphée et Eurydice’ to Another Realm 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z In its mythological themes, modernist irony and imaginative visual styling, “Liana and Ben” is something of a companion piece to Circle X’s memorable 2006 production of Sarah Ruhl’s “Eurydice.” Prove humans are worth salvation? In 'Liana and Ben,' that's not so easy 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z With “Eurydice,” Aucoin said, “This is the first piece where I don’t know who the influences are. And I hope that’s a good sign.” “Eurydice” heads to LA Opera and then Met 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Twelve years later, Gluck allowed more indulgence, especially with added dances, for a French version, “Orphée et Eurydice,” adapted to Parisian tastes. Joffrey Ballet dazzles in L.A. Opera's 'Orpheus and Eurydice' 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Well, to be more precise, two musicals are back on Broadway: “Waitress,” about a gifted baker in an abusive marriage, and “Hadestown,” a contemporary retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth. Musicals Return to Broadway With ‘Waitress’ and ‘Hadestown’ 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Eurydice is torn between her connection to her father and her relationship to Orpheus. The Emails Behind the Opera ‘Eurydice’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z And Orpheus is also kind of torn between Eurydice and music itself. The Emails Behind the Opera ‘Eurydice’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z The dancing at Orpheus and Eurydice’s wedding, a hint of pop music glimpsed through ominous shadows, is a little jewel. Review: The Met Opera’s ‘Eurydice’ Tries to Raise the Dead 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z He writes a letter to Eurydice, offering the fatherly advice he would have shared at the ceremony. Review: ‘Eurydice,’ a New Opera, Looks Back All Too Tamely 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Plain-spoken yet poetic, Ruhl’s play is the kind in which a scene is devoted simply to Eurydice’s father creating a room for her out of string — about the most heartbreakingly delicate act you can imagine. Review: The Met Opera’s ‘Eurydice’ Tries to Raise the Dead 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z The soprano Elizabeth Atherton sings her roles with abandon: knowing and sarcastic as Woman; distant and lonely as Eurydice; a Kundry and a Salome compressed in a caldron of erotic enchantment as Medea. Review: Harrison Birtwistle’s ‘The Cure’ and ‘The Corridor,’ Myths With a Twist 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z I’m sensing that one difference between O + E is that even though Eurydice’s father is dead, she was deeply close to him, whereas Orpheus was always an orphan. The Emails Behind the Opera ‘Eurydice’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z The sweetest love scene on a New York stage right now involves neither Left Bank bohemians, Orpheus and Eurydice nor even that freak with the mask. ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Review: What’s an Anagram for ‘Wonderful’? 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z This change, from a young artist with something to prove to one increasingly comfortable in his own skin, is in the score for “Eurydice,” as well. A Young Composer Takes On Opera’s Oldest Myth 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z In the days leading up to the premiere of “Eurydice,” Matthew Aucoin’s operatic adaptation of Sarah Ruhl’s play, the lead soprano couldn’t sing. A Young Composer Takes On Opera’s Oldest Myth 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z He was superb, for instance, as an anguished father in Sarah Ruhl's "Eurydice," and a spot-on Tony Blair in the David Hare docudrama "Stuff Happens," both at ACT. Seattle actor Mark Chamberlin: an appreciation of his work, and life 2011-03-30T23:12:10Z The character of Public Opinion demands that Orpheus descend there to rescue Eurydice — not out of love, but merely in the interest of bourgeois morality. Offenbach’s ‘Fabulous Nonsense’ Hits Salzburg, With Cancan 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z The Thracian queen Orasia, obsessively in love with Orpheus herself, first conspires to murder Eurydice, then sets the Furies on to Orpheus after his failed attempt to rescue his wife from the underworld. Orpheus – review 2013-03-20T18:33:58Z Aucoin and Ruhl met for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant and decided to adapt Ruhl’s modern-day retelling of the legend focusing on Eurydice’s point of view, rather than Orpheus’ descent to Hades to rescue her. Aucoin’s ‘Eurydice,’ modern retelling of myth, opens at Met 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Orfeo was written in the raw year of his bereavement of Claudia, the beautiful court singer who was his muse and his Eurydice. Monteverdi's Flying Circus 2010-09-17T23:06:00Z With “Eurydice,” he said, “the part that came as a surprise to me and a delight was a level of lightness and insouciance in the music.” “Eurydice” heads to LA Opera and then Met 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z This modern retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus — who travels to hell to retrieve his beloved Eurydice — seemed too much like agitprop in 2019. Review | ‘Hadestown’ ushers Broadway back to the Kennedy Center in style 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z And then there is “Hadestown,” the contemporary retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. There’s Great Dance on Broadway. Hello, Tony Awards? 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z It’s not that I’m inviting people to come and cry at “Eurydice” — but in a way, I am. The Emails Behind the Opera ‘Eurydice’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Eurydice is written with studied simplicity and has earned many laurels in the US. Before I Sleep; Eurydice; Macbeth 2010-05-08T23:07:00Z Eurydice, fallen dead, is meant to be pulled under the curtain by unseen forces — a chilling effect — but Mr. Garcia had to stuff her through. Review: At City Ballet, Taylor Stanley Is a God for Our Time 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z According to one version of the Greek myth, Orpheus is torn to bits, with his disembodied head crying out Eurydice’s name. Past and Present, the Orpheus Myth Makes Us Rethink Music 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z But he still finds it hard to produce anything solo except “Orpheus and Eurydice,” a bitter reflection of his situation. Spare Times for Children for June 21-27 2013-06-20T23:01:28Z He wrote that libretto; thanks to Ruhl’s lucidity, “Eurydice,” first heard in February 2020 at Los Angeles Opera, is a clearer, stronger work. Review: The Met Opera’s ‘Eurydice’ Tries to Raise the Dead 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z The heroic poet-musician Orpheus, after losing his wife, Eurydice, calms the deities of the Underworld with his lyre playing and singing. Dance Review: Pina Bausch’s ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’ From Paris Opera Ballet 2012-07-22T20:20:07Z Orpheus and Eurydice are trapped in some otherworldly version of the Depression era. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z The myth tells of a famed lyre player who journeys into the underworld to rescue his beloved, Eurydice. Anaïs Mitchell Hopes to Change the World With Her First Musical 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Unlike many productions, this visually striking "Orpheus and Eurydice," by Jose Maria Condemi, bringing Gluck's masterpiece back to Seattle Opera after a 24-year absence, was created entirely by the Seattle company. Review: Stagecraft dominates 'Orpheus and Eurydice' 2012-02-26T23:51:57Z But Eurydice doesn’t merely get dragged down into the underworld; in both versions she’s tempted by the offer of something she wants. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z When Orpheus is poised to lead his wife up to earth’s surface — agreeing not to look back as he does so — this Eurydice, her memory still fuzzy, is uncertain. Review: ‘Eurydice,’ a New Opera, Looks Back All Too Tamely 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z In the original myth, Orpheus returns from his expedition with the Argonauts and marries the fair Eurydice, who — of course — dies soon after from a viper bite and descends to the underworld. Perspective | For the new opera ‘Eurydice,’ a challenge of mythic scale: Retelling the Orpheus myth without looking back 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z The answer came on Saturday, with the premiere of “Eurydice” at Los Angeles Opera, where it runs through Feb. 23 before traveling to the Metropolitan Opera next year. Review: ‘Eurydice,’ a New Opera, Looks Back All Too Tamely 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z I tried to inject a bunch of my ideas into “Eurydice”; then I felt that the skeleton of the play was so strong that it resisted the foreign energy. The Emails Behind the Opera ‘Eurydice’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z But first “Eurydice,” which continues at the Met through Dec. 16 and will be broadcast in cinemas on Dec. 4. ‘I Savor Everything’: A Soprano’s Star Turn at the Met Opera 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The god of the underworld, Hades first seems courtly, snaring Eurydice by telling her he has a letter for her from her father. Review: ‘Eurydice,’ a New Opera, Looks Back All Too Tamely 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z A great pity that the National Youth Theatre's Orpheus and Eurydice hit technical problems in the Old Vic Tunnels on Friday's press night, so I haven't seen it, but it continues until 17 Sept 2011. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-08-26T15:02:48Z The play also explores the dilemma faced by Eurydice who seeks truth and reconciliation for her nation but who is personally driven by the euphoria of revenge. Welcome to Thebes 2010-06-22T23:43:00Z The station currently features a piece by the German theater director Kevin Rittberger, which fittingly evokes the myth of Orpheus, who descended to the underworld to rescue his captive wife, Eurydice, with divine music. Art and 3-D Magic in a German Subway 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Driven to desperation, Eurydice makes a deal with Hades: her life in exchange for an end to her suffering. ‘Hadestown’ is back at the Paramount. Here’s what our reviewer thought 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z She also took inspiration from Greek mythology and its characters, such as Persephone and Eurydice, who are often the victims of betrayal. Louise Glück, poet and Nobel laureate, dies at 80 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z We may know their story’s ending, but that doesn’t make this tale of young lovers Orpheus and Eurydice any less heartbreaking. 6 must-see shows in Seattle this fall 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Eurydice or some irrelevant lovely bug — what’s the difference, in the end? In Lorrie Moore's first novel in 14 years, 2016's chaos becomes a wild metaphysical trip 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z But the letters’ placement also conjures Orpheus himself descending to the underworld to retrieve his beloved Eurydice. Review | I’ve been waiting half my life for this show. It’s magnificent. 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z Here’s where the story will sound familiar: Eurydice ends up in hell, Orpheus goes in after her and makes a deal to get her out, which comes, naturally, with strings attached. ‘Hadestown’ is back at the Paramount. Here’s what our reviewer thought 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Down, down, down I spiral, plunging into the land of shadows in search of my recently deceased wife, Eurydice. The agony and ecstasy (and hidden beauty) of L.A. parking garages 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z The baseline myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is fairly simple. ‘Hadestown,’ at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre, makes a strong argument for how art can change the world 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Winner of eight 2019 Tonys, including best musical and best original score, the show refashions the Greek myth of Orpheus, who travels to the underworld to save his lover, Eurydice. Tony Award-winning ‘Hadestown’ comes to Seattle 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z ‘Hadestown’ Travel to hell and back with the national touring production of Anaïs Mitchell’s rousing and romantic Tony-winning musical that transports the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice from ancient Greece to present-day New Orleans. Six picks for your L.A. weekend: A Cinco de Mayo party, the musical ‘Hadestown’ and more 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z A ragamuffin looking for a meal, Eurydice receives instead a feast of affection that includes a proposition of marriage. A mesmerizing 'Hadestown' at the Ahmanson makes an old tale feel startlingly new 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z According to lore, Eurydice may leave the realm of the dead under one condition: Orpheus must not peek over his shoulder to verify her presence. The agony and ecstasy (and hidden beauty) of L.A. parking garages 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Eurydice winds up in the underworld with Hades and Orpheus goes to save her. ‘Hadestown,’ at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre, makes a strong argument for how art can change the world 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z While “Hadestown” remains tethered to the myths it’s inspired by and the characters’ otherworldly abilities — Orpheus’ music enchants inanimate objects and Persephone’s travel patterns determine the seasons — Eurydice stays closer to real life, Green said. Tony Award-winning ‘Hadestown’ comes to Seattle 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z The sensible Eurydice has fallen in love with the idealistic Orpheus but longs for the financial stability guaranteed in the titular underworld — a factory town overseen by Hades and resented by his wife, Persephone. A Broadway run and 8 Tonys later, 'Hadestown' returns to L.A. 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Eurydice’s behavior is illuminated in a few lines from “Gone, I’m Gone”: “You can have your principles/When you’ve got a bellyful/But hunger has a way with you.” A mesmerizing 'Hadestown' at the Ahmanson makes an old tale feel startlingly new 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Her “J’ai pedu mon Eurydice” was devastatingly beautiful — I felt a pang of guilt getting such thrills from such convincing heartbreak. Review | Washington Concert Opera’s ‘Orphée’ lights up the underworld 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z He offers Eurydice a seductive deal, an escape from a cold, unyielding winter and an unending search for food and warmth caused by climate change. ‘Hadestown,’ at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre, makes a strong argument for how art can change the world 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z By that point, she’d already been cast as Eurydice in the national tour. Tony Award-winning ‘Hadestown’ comes to Seattle 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z There’s an old story at the back of “Pushing Daisies” — the one about Orpheus fetching Eurydice from the underworld. The 75 best TV shows on HBO Max right now, according to our experts 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Eurydice gives up her happiness with Orpheus for a less impoverished afterlife in Hades. A mesmerizing 'Hadestown' at the Ahmanson makes an old tale feel startlingly new 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Her “Fortune ennemie” — in which Eurydice mistakes Orphée’s averted gaze as proof of infidelity — was a stirring and often shocking alchemy of despair and fury. Review | Washington Concert Opera’s ‘Orphée’ lights up the underworld 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z When it comes time for Orpheus to lead Eurydice out of the underworld, it’s no longer just a hope for their future together, it’s hope for the future of all those enslaved by Hades. ‘Hadestown,’ at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre, makes a strong argument for how art can change the world 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Seattle Opera shifted to streaming productions early in the pandemic, and the organization has opted for a smaller venue for its latest production, “Orpheus and Eurydice,” running through Jan. 30. Seattle-area event cancellations and delays follow coronavirus omicron surge 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z The Rachel Chavkin-directed production, with music, lyrics and book by Anaïs Mitchell, is a retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Sorkin's 'Mockingbird' will wait. Ahmanson sets August reopening with 'Oklahoma!' 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z The Monday slate includes a seminar-style class on new plays taught by dramaturgy apprentice Sarah Kiker, with “Eurydice” and “The Flick” on the upcoming docket. Distance learning isn’t just for kids: 12 online classes to nurture the mind, body and soul 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z They have been especially not productive since Feb. 23, which is the last time they left their house in San Diego, when Gloria and her friends went to see the Los Angeles Opera perform “Eurydice.” He urged saving the economy over protecting those who are ‘not productive’ from the coronavirus. Then he faced America’s wrath. 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Orphée Deaf West Theatre stages a revival of Jean Cocteau’s fantastical 1926 fable inspired by the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice; in English and American Sign Language. Theater in L.A. this week: 'A Bronx Tale,' 'Hamilton,' 'Orphée' and more 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z “Don Quixote,” in particular, is as inescapable as, well, Orpheus and Eurydice. Review: At Disney Hall, early music legend Jordi Savall shows how his Catalan roots may be ours 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Eurydice’s father is writing her a letter, giving us a glimpse at a peculiar setting, familiar and not. Review: At L.A. Opera, Matthew Aucoin's 'Eurydice' almost has it all 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z “Eurydice” is a relatively early play in Ruhl’s already substantial oeuvre. Playwright Sarah Ruhl is back, breathing more life into 'Eurydice' for L.A. Opera 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z The Body Female Nine female collaborators use theater, music, film and dance to interrogate society’s views of women; part of LA Opera’s “Eurydice Found” festival. Theater in L.A. this week: Cirque du Soleil's 'Volta' and more 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Proving Up Pasadena Opera presents Missy Mazzoli’s one-act chamber opera about a Nebraska youth on a quest to prove his family’s claim to their land; part of LA Opera’s “Eurydice Found” festival. Classical music in L.A. this week: Salutes to Martin Luther King Jr. and more 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, the writings of poet Rainer Maria Rilke and a short story by Christa Wolf inspire this site-specific mix of dance and opera. 7 best things to do in L.A. including ABT's 'The Nutcracker' with Misty Copeland 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z “Eurydice,” as it now stands, has enough going for it to have legs. Review: At L.A. Opera, Matthew Aucoin's 'Eurydice' almost has it all 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z “Of all my plays, ‘Eurydice’ is the closest to poetry, where I started,” she said. Playwright Sarah Ruhl is back, breathing more life into 'Eurydice' for L.A. Opera 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z This is demonstrated beautifully, and with just the right touch of didacticism, by the characters’ recurring discussions of Eurydice and Orpheus, the ultimate romantic tragedy about the destructive, transformative power of a single gaze. Review: Blazingly intelligent 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' is one of 2019's great love stories 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z According to ancient myth, the musician Orpheus journeyed into the underworld in a quest to retrieve his wife, Eurydice — a story that has inspired many great musical works. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for November 2019 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z The only non-weirdo is Eurydice, who throws temper tantrums in her nighties and negligees, properly enraged by her mistreatment by men and gods. Commentary: Where Barrie Kosky, Europe's hot opera director, wants to make his American splash 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z In between, we have seen operas, plays, poems, ballets, films, novels and paintings galore on the Orpheus and Eurydice legend. Review: At L.A. Opera, Matthew Aucoin's 'Eurydice' almost has it all 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z “Eurydice,” which stars Danielle de Niese in the title role, has created so much excitement it has spawned the Eurydice Found festival, which includes a reading of the play at the Getty Villa. Playwright Sarah Ruhl is back, breathing more life into 'Eurydice' for L.A. Opera 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z "You waited until Eurydice was well into the dark reaches of Princes Park," Justice Stephen Kaye said in the Supreme Court of Victoria. Australian jailed for comedian's 'evil' killing 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z Kathryn Lewek’s performance as Eurydice in a raunchy production of Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld at the Salzburg festival has been widely praised. US soprano Kathryn Lewek accuses opera critics of body-shaming 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z “Orphée” is a parody of the Orpheus and Eurydice legend, which has intrigued opera throughout its history. Commentary: Where Barrie Kosky, Europe's hot opera director, wants to make his American splash 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z “Eurydice,” based on the play by Sarah Ruhl, is ambitious, confident, often impressive, mostly engaging, instrumentally colorful and splendidly singable. Review: At L.A. Opera, Matthew Aucoin's 'Eurydice' almost has it all 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z And now to come back — oh, my God, there’s a Eurydice festival! Playwright Sarah Ruhl is back, breathing more life into 'Eurydice' for L.A. Opera 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z André De Shields, who as Hermes invites theatergoers to journey once more through the sad tale of Orpheus and Eurydice, won for featured actor in a musical. Tony Awards: Broadway flaunts its idealism in inspiring celebration of the year’s best 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z “In a traditional musical, there may be concern about uniformity,” said Benton Whitley, one of the casting directors for the show, an imaginative retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. When the chorus boy takes center stage, Broadway gets buzzing 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Not the greatest of all musicians, this Orpheus is a Jack Benny-capable violinist whose playing drives his wife, Eurydice, crazy. Commentary: Where Barrie Kosky, Europe's hot opera director, wants to make his American splash 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z After Eurydice dies, Orpheus woos the god of the underworld to release her on the condition that he not turn back to look at her as she follows him out. Review: At L.A. Opera, Matthew Aucoin's 'Eurydice' almost has it all 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z For Ruhl, who speaks softly yet deliberately, with an unassuming Midwestern air, “Eurydice“ is imbued with a personal sorrow. Playwright Sarah Ruhl is back, breathing more life into 'Eurydice' for L.A. Opera 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z And if Orpheus and Eurydice had a band, what would their album cover look like? Rachel Chavkin on ‘Hadestown,’ female directors and her dream of a TV miniseries 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z What if they prefer that version’s Orpheus and Eurydice, now played by different actors? Anais Mitchell on the very public evolution of ‘Hadestown’ in the digital age 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z When Eurydice dies of a snake bite, Orpheus celebrates being finally free of her. Commentary: Where Barrie Kosky, Europe's hot opera director, wants to make his American splash 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z While you’re at the Chandler, check out Reid’s new installation based on “prism,” part of the company’s “Eurydice Found” festival with events around town. Review: At L.A. Opera, Matthew Aucoin's 'Eurydice' almost has it all 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z “It’s a love story that has to do with faith and faithlessness. The opacity of that gesture when Orpheus turns and loses Eurydice just keeps needing to be reinterpreted.” Playwright Sarah Ruhl is back, breathing more life into 'Eurydice' for L.A. Opera 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z But for every Theseus who enters the labyrinthine darkness of the Underland to triumph against the Minotaur there are many more Eurydices who never return. Underland by Robert Macfarlane review – a dazzling journey into deep time 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Orpheus, the musician, goes in search of his love, Eurydice. Review: Esa-Pekka Salonen and Peter Sellars create Stravinsky myths for our time 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z In a twist from the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, the devil frees Tammu from death and love triumphs. Operas in Berlin and Hamburg go Babylonian, with Trump and an immigration crisis 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Eurydice tries to get her lover to be a bit more communicative. Review: At L.A. Opera, Matthew Aucoin's 'Eurydice' almost has it all 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z “It’s one of the only poems written by a man on the subject where the subjectivity of Eurydice gets teased out,” she said. Playwright Sarah Ruhl is back, breathing more life into 'Eurydice' for L.A. Opera 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z By this point, he was Marino in the Underworld, an Orpheus looking at his Eurydice and knowing that his goose was now cooked for good. Review: Marino Formenti and a startling piano recital to die for 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Based on librettist Sarah Ruhl’s play by the same name, “Eurydice” reimagines the story of Orpheus through the eyes of the myth’s heroine. L.A. Opera's 2019-20 season brings Kosky's new 'Bohème,' Aucoin's 'Eurydice' and Du Yun 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z Public debate intensified last year following the murder of a comedian, Eurydice Dixon, in another part of Melbourne. How dangerous is Australia for women? 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z This new “Eurydice” is meant as a major moment for L.A. Review: At L.A. Opera, Matthew Aucoin's 'Eurydice' almost has it all 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z “Eurydice,” which retells the story of a young couple, Orpheus and Eurydice, separated by death on their wedding day, was written partly in response to Ruhl’s lingering grief over the death of her father. Playwright Sarah Ruhl is back, breathing more life into 'Eurydice' for L.A. Opera 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z The Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Joffrey Ballet go to hell and back in a joint production of Gluck’s “Orphee et Eurydice” on a new “Great Performances.” TV This Week: ‘True Detective,’ ‘Marvel’s The Punisher’ and more Opera President and Chief Executive Christopher Koelsch said the number of Off Grand performances will be reduced partly because of projects like a county-wide festival timed to “Eurydice.” L.A. Opera's 2019-20 season brings Kosky's new 'Bohème,' Aucoin's 'Eurydice' and Du Yun 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z A folk opera riff on the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, it’s about an artist who tries to change the world – or maybe just Broadway – with a song. The Clintons, Tootsie and Beetlejuice: what to expect on Broadway in 2019 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Eurydice, a mere nymph, is out of the picture. Review: At L.A. Opera, Matthew Aucoin's 'Eurydice' almost has it all 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z But the writing is frolicsome even when Eurydice finds herself stumbling about the underworld. Playwright Sarah Ruhl is back, breathing more life into 'Eurydice' for L.A. Opera 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z It is a pattern that goes far back: the genre began with Daphne turning into a laurel tree and with Eurydice being dragged back to Hades. Nico Muhly Escapes Hitchcock with a “Marnie” Opera 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z It was launched following the death of a Eurydice Dixon, a Melbourne comic who was attacked on her way home from a gig. 'Voice of Millennials' scoops comedy prize 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z The opera, written in Italian, retold the mythic story of Orpheus’s journey to the underworld to bring back his wife, Eurydice, after her death. In 'The Shades,' a family is haunted by their daughter's death 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z This is the Orpheus legend from Eurydice’s point of view. Review: At L.A. Opera, Matthew Aucoin's 'Eurydice' almost has it all 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Since then, productions at the Hayworth Theatre, South Coast Repertory, A Noise Within and City Garage have notably taken their shots at this buoyant reworking of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth. Playwright Sarah Ruhl is back, breathing more life into 'Eurydice' for L.A. Opera 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z In Melbourne in June, a young female comedian, Eurydice Dixon, was murdered by a man who followed her home from the club where she had just performed. ‘I broke the contract’: how Hannah Gadsby's trauma transformed comedy 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z When Eurydice Dixon finished her comedy gig at a Melbourne bar last Tuesday she was reportedly in high spirits, sharing a drink with her boyfriend before heading home. Eurydice Dixon: how one woman’s death put focus on ‘male rage’ in Australia 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Thousands of people have attended evening vigils in Australia for comedian Eurydice Dixon, whose killing last week prompted widespread anger. Thousands attend vigils for slain comedian 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Ruhl is hardly the first to give voice to Eurydice, who riotously mocks Orpheus’ pomposity in Offenbach’s “Orpheus in the Underworld.” Review: At L.A. Opera, Matthew Aucoin's 'Eurydice' almost has it all 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z My first stand up set when I was the same age as Eurydice Dixon, was about being afraid walking home at night. Young comedian's killing shocks Australia 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Also see how Hayes corrals, among others, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Maxine Waters, Emily Dickinson, Prince and Eurydice as shields, as code words, to repel would-be assassins. The right poetry collection for right now: Terrance Hayes' 'American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin' 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Opera's exhilarating choreographed production of Gluck's "Orpheus and Eurydice" two months earlier. A Rice-A-Roni 'Rigoletto,' Verdi's opera as a dated San Francisco treat 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z Feeling proud that so many Melbournians have come out to honour Eurydice Dixon and take a stand on violence against women. Thousands attend vigils for slain comedian 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z On Saturday night at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles Opera presented the premiere of the world’s newest major opera: Matthew Aucoin’s “Eurydice.” Review: At L.A. Opera, Matthew Aucoin's 'Eurydice' almost has it all 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z The body of Eurydice Dixon, 22, was found at a football field in Melbourne early on Wednesday, only hours after she had performed a gig at a city bar. Young comedian's killing shocks Australia 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Check back at latimes.com/arts Monday for Times music critic Mark Swed’s review of “Orpheus and Eurydice,” the Joffrey Ballet’s collaboration with Los Angeles Opera, also at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. In the Joffrey Ballet's 'Romeo and Juliet,' love isn't the only thing to get lost 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z He has, in a sense, even inserted himself into the story, which updates the classic myth by transforming Orpheus into a choreographer and Eurydice into a prima donna. L.A. Opera and Joffrey Ballet give the Orpheus myth some new moves and a different ending 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z In “Orpheus and Eurydice,” a legendary hero goes to hell and back to rescue his beloved. Weekend Picks: Joffrey Ballet, Miwa Matreyek, 'My Lai' and more 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z In the end, the twice-dead Eurydice writes a letter to Orpheus meant for his next wife. Review: At L.A. Opera, Matthew Aucoin's 'Eurydice' almost has it all 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Last December, Opera Queensland's Orpheus and Eurydice featured amateur disabled performers alongside lead singers. Art and disability: The performers demanding to be judged on merit - BBC News 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z Instead it leans back on a few clever, self-satisfied references to the myth of Orpheus, who famously could have rescued his beloved Eurydice if he only he had simply kept walking and never looked back. With 'Rings,' a horror franchise is reborn. It should have stayed dead 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z In Gluck’s opera, Eurydice is rescued from Hades. L.A. Opera and Joffrey Ballet give the Orpheus myth some new moves and a different ending 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Riffing on Greek mythology, “Eurydice” follows its title character on a startling and sometimes funny cosmic journey. A graceful staging of Sarah Ruhl’s ‘Eurydice’ at NextStop Theatre 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Hopscotch, an experimental opera performed in cars, turned LA’s streetscape into a stage for a modern retelling of the ancient legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. Tinseltown's comeback: Los Angeles' resurgence as America's cultural capital 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z There were some radiant days on Martha’s Vineyard, but deep within me I knew I had a yearning to find the Orpheus to whom I could play Eurydice. Boys in the Trees: A Memoir, by Carly Simon – digested read 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z It is a modern fable, with overtones of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice—and with the genders reversed. Creating an Opera as Big as Los Angeles 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Neumeier was drawn to working on this “Orpheus and Eurydice” in part because of its all-encompassing interdisciplinary form. L.A. Opera and Joffrey Ballet give the Orpheus myth some new moves and a different ending 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Even after leaving the production, theatergoers may find themselves haunted by the image of Eurydice, in a bright red dress, balancing a translucent umbrella upside down in the pool. A graceful staging of Sarah Ruhl’s ‘Eurydice’ at NextStop Theatre 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z At times she appears like a Eurydice figure from the underworld; at times a sacrificial victim; at times like the only one in the theater who is truly free. Going Gaga for Ohad Naharin 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z "Black Orpheus" is the 1959 film by Marcel Camus, recreating the Orpheus and Eurydice myth in the Rio de Janeiro Carnival. Film 'Black Orpheus' to be adapted for Broadway 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z "Maybe a good name for them would be Orpheus and Eurydice." New Moon for Pluto: Hubble Telescope Spots a 5th Plutonian Satellite 2012-07-11T22:15:00.190Z In the opera’s first scene, the two lovers quarrel and Eurydice storms out of a dance rehearsal in her pointe shoes only to die moments later in a tragic accident. L.A. Opera and Joffrey Ballet give the Orpheus myth some new moves and a different ending 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Early in this volume wooden walls were compared with armoured vessels, and we are painfully reminded by the loss of both the Eurydice and Grosser Kurfüst how unsettled is the question in its practical bearings. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Right Wall: Frescoes of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, from a tomb at Ostia. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z A short period of agonized suffering ensued; then Eurydice died, and her spirit was conducted down into the gloomy realms of Pluto, leaving Orpheus broken-hearted. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Apparently nobody had entered it since I had written my verses on Eurydice—so long, so long ago. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z There is the fable of Orpheus and Eurydice. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z Eurydice and Adrastus furnish the necessary love story, and Creon becomes the hateful rival and intriguing villain. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Daughter of Eurydice, whom our father loved, my strength and life now fail me through all my frame. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z In despair, the lonely musician retreated to the forest solitudes, and there played his mournful laments,— “Such strains as would have won the ear Of Pluto, to have quite set free His half-regained Eurydice.” Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z But almost immediately after the production of the second Eurydice a great reformer appeared. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z Eurydice had been captured and taken to the infernal regions, and Orpheus went after her, taking with him his harp and playing as he went. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z Methinks thy parting glory shines Through yonder grove of singing pines; At that elm-vista's end I trace Dimly thy sad leave-taking face, Eurydice! Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z The romance of Theseus and Ariadne is told much less distinctly and simply than the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice in Virgil. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z At that elm-vista’s end I trace Dimly thy sad leave-taking face, Eurydice! Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Among these was the French corvette Eurydice, which left Valparaiso Roads two days before the Novara, and was overhauled on the 29th May. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z The beautiful myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is the story of the year. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z In “Orpheus,” the mundane adorations of Eurydice can’t compete with the Death Princess, who watches silently over the sleeping poet and sacrifices herself to give him a kind of immortality. Cocteau’s ‘Orpheus’ Breaks Mirrors, Draws Autograph Hounds: DVD 2011-12-29T08:34:38Z With one voice and immediately they tell him to take Eurydice. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Orpheus made known his errand in operatic guise, and succeeded in moving the royal pair to tears, whereupon they graciously consented to restore Eurydice to life and to her fond husband’s care. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z If, however, we consider him as identical with the oft-sung husband of Eurydice, we must place him B.c. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z "Give me back Eurydice," cried Orpheus, and Pluto said: "Take her, but look not back." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z Up and up through the darkened ways they went, Orpheus knowing that Eurydice was behind him, but never looking back upon her. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z Orpheus is undaunted; and with enduring faith in the power of his music he takes up his harp and sings to them of his love for Eurydice. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Eurydice was touched by his courtship, and ere long requited the love lavished upon her by conferring her hand upon Orpheus. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Another song makes him, like Orpheus with Eurydice, go down to hell with his fiddle in his hand to bring thence his departed bride. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z So Orpheus again threaded the caverns, playing as he went, and as he reached the light he failed to hear the footsteps of Eurydice. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z Orpheus turned around and cried, “O Eurydice, look upon the world that I have won you back to!” The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z It is Eurydice who leads this singing of the blest. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z A giant crane towered above them and one saw its mighty claw descend into the orifice of the cylinder as if to drag some Eurydice out of the hell within. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z We believe Such force has love, that it may still retrieve Its heart's Eurydice among the dead. The Deluge and Other Poems 2011-10-15T02:00:29.350Z Eurydice has been captured and carried to the infernal world. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z In 2003 she rewrote the Orpheus myth as “Eurydice,” in which the heroine falls from a high-rise and arrives in hell by elevator. | Connecticut: Sarah Ruhl?s Take on Chekhov?s ?Three Sisters? Is at Yale - Review 2011-10-01T00:38:24Z But not even such surroundings can quell his longing for Eurydice. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Eurydice, perhaps—— How could thy Orpheus keep his word, And not look back upon thee; No treasure but thyself could sure have brib'd him To look one minute off thee. The Beaux-Stratagem A comedy in five acts 2011-08-26T02:00:26.760Z So his Eurydice, as soon as the enchantments of the French sorceress lost their power, was re-united to him after all. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z Some day Eurydice will reach the blessed light, and at last there will fade from the memory of men the monsters of superstition. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z The poet has represented Eurydice speaking to Orpheus the passionate words of love which made him forget the commands of Pluto and Persephone not to look back on pain of losing his wife again. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The gods are again moved to pity by his enduring love, and Amor with a touch of her wand revives Eurydice. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Following this engagement she rejoined Mr. Rice's forces, and on December 1, 1883, opened with his company at the Bijou Opera House, New York, where she created the part of Venus in "Orpheus and Eurydice." Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z Then, at once, arose Longings that I might always worthy be, As was Eurydice of Orpheus. Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems 2011-05-26T02:00:17.117Z The god relented, and said, "Eurydice may go with you, but you must not look back." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z You know probably the trees would get to be called L. pines and Leighton oaks, which is one way to immortality if Orpheus and Eurydices won't help you. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z The curtain rises upon a Grecian landscape that is beautiful but sad, for amid drooping willows and solemn pines stands the tomb of Eurydice. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z We have only to read the lament uttered by Orpheus for the loss of Eurydice, in order to perceive how fine a situation has been spoiled. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The dream of the Vestal Virgin Ilia, which announced her pregnancy by Mars, and the foundation of Rome, is related in verses of considerable beauty and smoothness, by Ilia to her sister Eurydice.— History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Pluto himself gave way to Orpheus' music and called Eurydice. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Among his chief works are also “The Battle of the Amazons,” “Piet�,” “The Symposium of Plato,” “Orpheus and Eurydice” and “Ariosto in the Park of Ferrara.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z All nature seems to join in this lament over Eurydice. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Not that we intend by any means to intimate that this musical brother would play Orpheus throughout, and take as long and perilous a trip to rescue his sister as Orpheus did for Eurydice. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z Eurydice may not complain Of aught but thee--albeit her grief is great. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z It was spring, when the nearby orchards were white and sweet with blossoms, and there were all his honey bees returned, and busily starting their hives under the shadow of the temple of Eurydice. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z His son Alexander was buried at Memphis through the contrivance of Ptolemy; but the bodies of his granddaughter Eurydice and her husband Arrhidaeus were removed by Cassander to the ancestral sepulchre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z Orpheus explains that he dare not look at her, but Eurydice is not satisfied. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Orpheus finding his Eurydice; or Pluto stealing Proserpine. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z He had a beautiful wife named Eurydice, whom he loved dearly, and they were happy together till a sad accident separated them. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z And out of the forest glided the nymph, Eurydice, taking her place near Orpheus. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Rich’s Orpheus and Eurydice: With the Metamorphoses of Harlequin had opened on 12 February 1740 at Covent Garden, where he was manager. The Scribleriad and The Difference Between Verbal and Practical Virtue 2011-01-05T03:00:54.800Z The overture to "Orpheus and Eurydice" is not remarkable. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z She often invokes the myth of Orpheus, who tried to rescue his wife, Eurydice, from death but failed when he disobeyed the gods by turning around to look at her. 2010-02-16T05:00:00Z There was no more happiness on earth for Orpheus, and he determined to seek Eurydice in the underworld of the dead. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z No one had treated Eurydice so rudely in all her life before. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Eurydice resisted and fled; but as she fled from him, a serpent stung her with so deadly a bite, that she died on the field. Heathen Mythology Amor further dictates that while leading Eurydice to the upper world he must not look upon her, else all endeavor will have been in vain, and death will at once claim his own. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z While in Thrace he is said to have caused the death of Eurydice, who was bitten by a snake while fleeing from him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Eurydice was brought forth and restored to her husband, but a single condition was laid upon Orpheus in leading her out. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z "Your trouble is the just reward sent you by the gods because you killed Eurydice," he said. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z The first opera ever represented was Peri's "Eurydice," written about 1600. The Ifs of History But no sooner has he looked upon Eurydice than she droops and sinks from his arms like a blighted flower. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Thou, who didst find thy Eurydice, and lose her again as soon as found, when she had vanished like a dream, how thou didst hate the cheerful light! Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) It seems, however, to apply more appropriately to the first departure of Eurydice to the unknown land. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z There, in front of the throne of Pluto, he sang of his longing that Eurydice might be restored to him, until the cheeks of even the Fates were wet with tears. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z But when I had lost my Eurydice, then did I put on a dress of black throughout, made like the other, from out of which my white skin shone like snow. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim Eurydice at first rejoices over her new-found life, but then forgets all else in surprise and grief because Orpheus will not look at her. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z As a nymph of the country she is interested in the fate of the Thracian Orpheus and Eurydice. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes We think most of the love and devotion between Orpheus and Eurydice. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z And when Eurydice, whom Orpheus so loved, approached him to ask for a comb of his delicious honey for dinner for the two, Aristaeus entirely lost his temper. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Eurydice the daughter of Acrisius was said to have built the temple. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 Orpheus firmly resists the pleadings of Eurydice until she declares that his coldness will break her heart,—she will die of grief if he does not look at her. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Haldicott held the hand on his arm,—he did not speak,—and Allida felt herself moving with him through the fog like an Eurydice led by Orpheus, a shade among the shades. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece The garment worn by Eurydice seems quite like that of the goddess Demeter. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z Eurydice ran like the wind, the bee-man coming fast behind her. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z He further effected an alliance with Eurydice, the ambitious wife of King Philip Arrhidaeus of Macedon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" After vainly beseeching high heaven and all the gods to restore his lost Eurydice, Orpheus decides to brave the realms of Pluto. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Who has forgotten that shrinking of the awed and tender imagination, which shuns the actual telling that Eurydice died? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 After the termination of this engagement he began to work on his own account, and received from his patron an order for a group, “Orpheus and Eurydice.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" Orpheus sang his grief to all who breathed the upper air, both gods and men, and then he started out to search for Eurydice. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z I sometimes reproach myself because I cannot admire Mr. Hughes’ beautiful, piteous Orpheus and Eurydice with an unquestioning mind. Ideas of Good and Evil Amor says he shall descend in safety to the lower world, and will find his Eurydice among the peaceful shades. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z At this first losing of Eurydice, the impetuous, wild wail of the Nymph-sisterhood may, in the verse of the Mantuan, be heard with one burst, swelling and ringing over how many hills, champaigns, and rivers! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 The first figure, which represents Eurydice in flames and smoke, in the act of leaving Hades, was completed towards the close of his sixteenth year. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" The snake stung Eurydice's bare feet and she dropped down on the ground. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z It may be observed that Eurydice has become Auradice in the incantation, in which there is probably an intimation of Aura, a light wind or zephyr. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series The scene changes to another part of the nether world, a forest through which Orpheus is leading Eurydice back to earth. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z It has been imitated by the Spanish comedian, the illustrious Lopez de Vega, in his comedy of Orpheus and Eurydice, act i. sc. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem The tradition of Orpheus and Eurydice, the fable of Psyche and her god, had in them love, which nowhere else was known. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern The first work which made him generally known as a man of genius was his group of “Orpheus entering Hades in Search of Eurydice,” executed in 1839. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" And it is worth noting that one of the commonest halfpenny pamphlets sold in Florence, which is to be found at every public stand, is a poem called “Orpheus and Eurydice.” Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series Orpheus touches Eurydice's veil, and her hand rests on his shoulder, while the other hand, drooping supine, is grasped by Hermes. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions Plutarch gathered about him a learned circle of women, of whom the chief was Clea, the clever matron of Delphi, to whom he dedicated several of his works, and Eurydice, who enjoyed his instruction. Greek Women Orpheus, with his music, had succeeded in obtaining from Pluto only a conditional release of his wife Eurydice. Minor Poems by Milton The sun setting in the glowing clouds of the west became Hercules in the fiery pile; the morning dawn extinguished by the rising sun was embodied in the story of Orpheus and Eurydice. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Similar were the other pictures: As Diana and Act�on, Orpheus and Eurydice. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. Behind Eurydice stands Hermes, the sad, though youthful messenger of the dead. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions Left a widow, she devoted herself to the education of her daughter, Eurydice, whom she trained in the same martial exercises for which she herself was famous. Greek Women He failed to make good the condition, and so again lost his Eurydice. Minor Poems by Milton There is a passage in “Orpheus and Eurydice” which is wedded to words expressing sorrow; but, as has been pointed out, the music would go as well or better with words expressing joy. The So-called Human Race If Orpheus had whistled, instead of singing to a lute, Eurydice would have stopped with Pluto, and Orpheus would have cut a very poor figure. When Ghost Meets Ghost Eurydice feels it; she is looking for the last time at Orpheus, her head and step are prepared to turn away—jamque vale. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions After the death of her mortal enemy Antipater, Eurydice determined to make an active campaign against his successor, the less able Polysperchon, who had allied himself with Olympias. Greek Women He married a fair maiden named Eurydice, with whom he lived happily and peacefully, till she was bitten by a venomous serpent and died. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History But hoonel, as Orpheus asked Eurydice, wants to be a camel? The So-called Human Race With arms outstretched, she came In yearning majesty, The same Royal Eurydice. Collected Poems Volume One We search all through the index in vain; then turn over the pages where it may possibly be mentioned, again in vain; no Orpheus and Eurydice. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions He did not divorce Eurydice, but openly adopted the practice of polygamy, which was sanctioned in both Macedon and Egypt. Greek Women The Orpheus and Eurydice showed that the old friendship, formed originally in Rome, between the painter and Robert Browning, was maintained. Frederic Lord Leighton An Illustrated Record of His Life and Work The wife of Orpheus was a nymph named Eurydice. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer It is by Mr. G. F. Watts, one of the most famous of living painters, and it is called "Orpheus and Eurydice." Evangelists of Art Picture-Sermons for Children But, after all, we ask ourselves, as the confusion in our minds gradually clears up: how do we know that this is Orpheus and Eurydice, and not Antiope and her sons? Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions Daughter of Ptolemy and Berenice, she first became the wife of King Lysimachus of Thrace, and at his untimely death she married Ptolemy Ceraunus, her half-brother, the banished son of Eurydice. Greek Women Stannum saw Bacchus pursued by the ravening Mænads; saw Lamia and her ophidian flute; and sorrowfully sped Orpheus searching for his Eurydice. Melomaniacs Yet even in death Eurydice he sung, Eurydice still trembled on his tongue, Eurydice the woods, Eurydice the floods, Eurydice the rocks, and hollow mountains rung. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer Eurydice was his wife, and one day she trod on a snake, which bit her, so that she died, and went down into the world of ghosts. Evangelists of Art Picture-Sermons for Children What, they don't see that that is Orpheus and Eurydice! Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions In her barbarous instincts, Eurydice gives evidence of the non-Hellenic blood in her veins. Greek Women Once before had Sir Frederick Leighton inspired the poet in the exquisite lines on Eurydice. Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning "Eurydice!" so beseeching, so passionate, so exhausted by longing, drew me with an irresistible power. Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 Even Persephone, the stern Queen of the Dead, was so touched that she gave him leave to take Eurydice back with him to the land of the living. Evangelists of Art Picture-Sermons for Children "It is a very interesting work," we answer; adding, with purposely feigned decision, "Of course you see that it represents Orpheus and Eurydice, not Antiope and her sons." Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions Eurydice then disappears from the scene, and the manner of her death is unknown. Greek Women The fourth book, especially, with its episode of Orpheus and Eurydice will live forever for its plaintive tenderness. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History Indignant at this refusal of my Eurydice, I immediately resolved to quit those ungraceful shades and return to this good world again, to behold the sun and you. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I But he was so anxious about Eurydice, that just before they had passed the gate of the under world he looked round, to make sure that she was near him. Evangelists of Art Picture-Sermons for Children And already upwards returning, he had escaped all mishaps, and the given-back Eurydice was coming into the upper air, walking behind him, for Proserpina had made this condition. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions But her people began to expostulate, and then, having had Philip shot by Thracians, she sent Eurydice the sword, the halter, and the hemlock, to take her choice. Greek Women Idun, like Adonis and Proserpine, or still more like Eurydice, is also a fair personification of spring. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas When Bastian recorded a Hawaiian myth resembling the one of Orpheus and Eurydice, there was speculation as to how this story had been carried so far from Greece. Introduction to the Science of Sociology Mr. Watts has painted several pictures of Orpheus and Eurydice. Evangelists of Art Picture-Sermons for Children Eurydice has returned, she is standing beneath our sun—-jam luce sub ipsa—but for the last time. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions And humbly bowing to the prince Of ghosts begg'd some intelligence Of his Eurydice, and where His beauteous saint resided there. Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II She is borne away by the cruel ice giant Thiassi, who represents the boar which slew Adonis, the kidnapper of Proserpine, or the poisonous serpent which bit Eurydice. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas Nothing like it since Orpheus and Eurydice—only this time it was Proserpine, not Pluto, that had to be put to sleep.... Somehow Good For he has looked backwards, and he sees that Eurydice, who is close behind him, is a pale corpse again. Evangelists of Art Picture-Sermons for Children Eurydice, her head slightly bent, raises her eyes full upon him. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions When the queen plays seem to be drawn into her presence by the sweetness of her music, even as Orpheus drew Eurydice from among the demons. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls With a pausing tribute to the dead, and many a silent prayer, perhaps—for sailors can and do pray—we steamed into Spithead, forgetting, in all probability, the Eurydice and all connected with her. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 Below, Orpheus in Hades plays before Pluto and Persephone to win back Eurydice, who lies bound before them. Luca Signorelli His eye is fixed on Eurydice's face in a gaze of hopeless pain. Evangelists of Art Picture-Sermons for Children How! and the answer rises up indignantly, Because we see to the contrary; because we know that it must be Orpheus and Eurydice because we feel morally persuaded that it is. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions Tuesday Night.—Orfeo, with Giulia Ravogli charming as ever in her representation of "Orpheus with his loot,"—his "loot" being Eurydice, who had become the private property of that infernal monarch Pluto. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 27, 1893 In passing Sandown Bay we caught a distant view of the operations for raising the "Eurydice." In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 On the right Hercules rescues Theseus from Hades, and slays Cerberus, and on the left, Eurydice, following Orpheus, looks back, and is re-seized by the demons. Luca Signorelli What Orpheus could not do for Eurydice because of his weakness and forgetfulness, Jesus Christ in His strength and wisdom can do for you and me. Evangelists of Art Picture-Sermons for Children Did we come to the bas-relief not knowing what it was, and did we then cry out, overcome by its internal evidence, that it must represent Orpheus and Eurydice? Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions But Eurydice, his mother, was the daughter of Antipater, the general to whom Macedon had been assigned on the original division of the empire after Alexander's death. Pyrrhus Makers of History The ‘Eurydice,’ which I saw in Portsmouth harbour, is a warning for ever. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" The mother of these children, Eurydice, presented herself, with her children, to Iphicrates, and invoked protection. Ancient States and Empires One need not have been bound 'prentice to a Hackney Caper-Merchant to play one of the Furies that hold back Eurydice, and vomit Flames through a Great Mask. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... We have strayed far away from Orpheus and Eurydice, while thus following the train of ideas suggested by the story of the bas-relief. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions But, besides these descendants of Berenice, there was another set of children in Ptolemy's family—namely, those by Eurydice. Pyrrhus Makers of History The Red Indians have the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice, told in a very touching shape, but without the music. The Book of Romance |
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