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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."
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.
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 ...
"Dandy in the Underworld" was released by EMI Records as a single from Dandy in the Underworld on 27 May 1977, [9] over two months after the release of the album. The two B-sides, "Groove a Little" and "Tame My Tiger", were also written and produced by Bolan. Bolan described the latter track as a "New wave song". [10]
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.
Underworld is the ninth studio album by American progressive metal band Symphony X. It was released on July 24, 2015 through Nuclear Blast , and released in Japan on August 24. The album's first single, "Nevermore", premiered on May 22, 2015, followed by the second single "Without You" on June 19.
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.