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Hadestown is the fourth studio album by American folk singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell, and was released by Righteous Babe Records on March 9, 2010. The concept album, which became the basis for the stage musical of the same name, follows a 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.
Metamorpheus is an expression on Orpheus and his passage through the Underworld. The cover of the album was painted by Kim Poor . A section of the same painting was used in the booklet of the previous album To Watch The Storms as an illustration for the song "Rebecca."
Hadestown is a 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 for something to eat, goes to work in a hellish industrial version of the Greek underworld to escape poverty and the cold, and her poor singer-songwriter lover Orpheus comes to rescue her.
"From the Underworld", backed with "Sweet William", was released by Fontana on 11 August 1967. [9] The Herd promoted the single with a television appearance on BBC1's Dee Time (7 September) [11] and radio sessions on the Light Programme's Pop North and Swingalong. [12] [13] The band performed the song on the 28 September edition of Top of the ...
Poster for Paris revival, 1878. Orpheus in the Underworld [1] and Orpheus in Hell [2] are English names for Orphée aux enfers (French: [ɔʁfe oz‿ɑ̃fɛʁ]), a comic opera with music by Jacques Offenbach and words by Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy.
Orpheus was one of the handful of Greek heroes [25] 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.
Orpheus, the Greek hero whose songs could charm both gods and wild beasts and coax the trees and rocks into dance, has achieved an emblematic status as a metaphor for the power of music. [1] The following is an annotated list of operas (and works in related genres) based on his myth.
Orpheus then lowers the collected works of Shakespeare on a string, and her father reads it to her, helping her to relearn language. Orpheus resolves to go to the underworld and bring Eurydice back. He sings outside the gate and rouses Hades, the lord of the underworld, who was the "interesting man" she met just before her death.