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    mythology, the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice (Greek: Ὀρφεύς, Εὐρυδίκη, romanized: Orpheus, Eurydikē) concerns the pitiful love of Orpheus of Thrace, located...
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    and the wife of Orpheus, whom Orpheus tried to bring back from the dead with his enchanting music. Several meanings for the name Eurydice have been proposed...
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    with his music (the usual scene in Orpheus mosaics), his attempt to retrieve his wife Eurydice from the underworld, and his death at the hands of the maenads...
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  • Overture (1:37) Orpheus fell in love with Eurydice... (1:09) The first duet of Orpheus and Eurydice and the song of Orpheus ("When Orpheus Sings") (5:38)...
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  • Marpessa Dawn and Breno Mello. It is based on the play Orfeu da Conceição by Vinicius de Moraes, which set the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice in a contemporary...
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    with Orpheus and Eurydice is a 124 × 200 cm (approx 4 × 6.5 feet) oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist Nicolas Poussin, painted between 1650 and 1653...
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    of Orpheus and Eurydice. In this version Orpheus is not the son of Apollo but a rustic violin teacher. He is glad to be rid of his wife, Eurydice, when...
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    French: Orphée et Eurydice; English: Orpheus and Eurydice) is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto...
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  • Hadestown (category Plays about Orpheus)
    musical with music, lyrics, and book by Anaïs Mitchell. It tells a version of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Eurydice, a young girl looking...
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  • Poet (1930) and Testament of Orpheus (1960). Set in contemporary Paris, the film is a variation on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, and is partially...
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    Proserpina (category Articles having different image on Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    with that of Orpheus and Eurydice. In Virgil's Georgics, Orpheus' beloved wife, Eurydice, died from a snake-bite; Proserpina allowed Orpheus into Hades...
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    that hasn't been heard before." Orpheus, a musician, and Eurydice are playing on the beach. Orpheus proposes to Eurydice and she accepts. Her deceased father...
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  • Eurydice is a 2003 play by Sarah Ruhl which retells the myth of Orpheus from the perspective of Eurydice, his wife. The story focuses on Eurydice's choice...
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  • self-reflexively noted by the word "rosy" in "Eurydice". Bök finished writing "Orpheus" and "Eurydice" in the spring of 2011 after four years of work...
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  • Hadestown (album) (category Works about Orpheus)
    variation on the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, where Orpheus must embark on a quest to rescue his wife Eurydice from the underworld. It has been...
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  • in the story of Orpheus and Eurydice in Greek mythology. Orpheus, the son of Apollo and a renowned musician, fell in love with Eurydice, who was bitten...
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  • the classical tale of Orpheus and Eurydice in the underworld, supplemented by multiple story elements from myths, legends, and folktales from different...
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  • The Way It Is (film) (category American black-and-white films)
    or Eurydice in the Avenues) is a 1985 American No Wave black comedy/drama film directed by Eric Mitchell based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Its...
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  • The StoryTeller (TV series) (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    lyre and briefly plays it. He recounts the story of Orpheus and Eurydice. A supernaturally gifted musician, son of Calliope of the Muses, Orpheus freed...
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  • Shredder Orpheus is a 1989 film by Robert McGinley that has later become a cult classic, based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. It was Amy Denio's...
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    those for Best Actor at the BBC Audio Drama Awards (2016, for Orpheus and Eurydice) and Best Supporting Actor at the BAFTA Awards (2014, for The Village)...
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  • Records on 12 May 2023. The album features five new songs by Celine Dion and six of her past hits. The first song, "Love Again", was released on 13 April...
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    Persephone and the mime Eurydice. Orpheus goes back for Eurydice but realises she cannot follow him. Orpheus hangs himself. The act ends with Orpheus waking...
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  • to Poseidon and escapes. Erysichthon eventually falls to his endless hunger and devours himself. Orpheus and Eurydice — The story of Orpheus, the god of...
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    of Orpheus and Eurydice. When Orpheus descends and confronts Hades and Persephone, he sings a song so that they will grant his wish to bring Eurydice back...
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  • themes of isolation and death: "Black Orpheus is one of my favorite films of all time, which is set in Carnival in Brazil. The Orpheus myth is the original...
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    Hades (redirect from Pluto and Proserpina)
    his (still living) lover, and brings up as example that Hades did the same for Admetus and Alcestis, Orpheus and Eurydice, and that he himself also knows...
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  • O'Dessa (category Films about Orpheus)
    written and directed by Geremy Jasper that retells the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. It stars Sadie Sink, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Murray Bartlett, and Regina...
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  • appearances. Inspired by the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, it follows Zach (DeHaan) after his girlfriend Beth (Plaza) has died and been reanimated as a zombie;...
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    Salman Rushdie (category Best Screenplay Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners)
    Beneath Her Feet (1999) is a riff on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, casting Orpheus and Eurydice as rock stars. The book features many original song...
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