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Orfeo ed Euridice ([orˈfɛ.o e.d‿ewˈri.di.t͡ʃe]; 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 by Ranieri de' Calzabigi.
Orpheus Searching Eurydice in the Underworld, a painting by the Antwerp school; The Kiss, a painting by Gustave Klimt (1907) (Not explicitly Orpheus and Eurydice, but one interpretation of The Kiss is that it depicts their story) [citation needed] Portrait of Cosimo I de' Medici as Orpheus, a painting by Agnolo Bronzino (c. 1537-1539)
Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880) Founder of French operetta and a prolific composer of pieces which achieved tremendous success with Parisian audiences for their catchy melodies and satirical bite such as La Vie parisienne and Orpheus in the Underworld. [34] At the time of his death, Offenbach was working on a more serious opera, The Tales of ...
In today's puzzle, there are eight theme words to find (including the spangram). Hint: The first one can be found in the top-half of the board. Here are the first two letters for each word: SA. PL ...
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One of the main contributors to The Mulliner Book: Martin Agricola: 1486 – 1556 German Thomas Appleby: c. 1488 – 1563 English Georg Rhau: 1488 – 1548 German Joan Ambrosio Dalza: fl. 1508: Italian Gasparo Alberti: c. 1489 – 1560 Italian Pierre Passereau: fl. 1509–1547: Franco-Flemish Popular composer of chansons in the 1530s Franciscus ...
Orpheus was one of the handful of Greek heroes [29] to visit the underworld and return; his music and song had power even over Hades. The earliest known reference to this descent to the underworld is the painting by Polygnotus (5th century BC) described by Pausanias (2nd century AD), where no mention is made of Eurydice.
Orfeo (Orpheus) is an opera in three acts, a prologue and an epilogue by the Italian composer Luigi Rossi. The libretto, by Francesco Buti, is based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Orfeo premiered at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris on 2 March 1647. [1] It was one of the earliest operas to be staged in France.