Orpheus and Eurydice

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Literature

• The Death of Eurydice
  Orpheus
  
  Orpheus was a legendary figure, probably from Thracian origin, venerated by the Greeks and Thracians of the Classical age as a chief among poets and musicians, and the perfector of the lyre invented by Hermes....
   episode which occurs in Book X of Metamorphoses by Ovid (8 AD)
• Sir Orfeo
  Sir Orfeo
  
  Sir Orfeo is an Anonymous work Middle English narrative poetry. It retells the story of Orpheus as a king rescuing his wife from the fairy king....
  , anonymous narrative poem (c. late thirteenth century)
• The Tale of Orpheus and Erudices his Quene
  The Tale of Orpheus and Erudices his Quene
  
  The Tale of Orpheus and Erudices his Quene is a poem by the Scotland northern renaissance poet Robert Henryson that adapts and develops the Greek myth which most famously appears in two classic Latin texts, the Metamorphoses of Ovid and the Georgics of Virgil....
  , poem by Robert Henryson (c.1470)
• Sonnets to Orpheus
  Sonnets to Orpheus
  
  The Sonnets to Orpheus are a cycle of sonnets written by German language poet Rainer Maria Rilke in 1922. He dedicated them as a memorial for Vera Ouckama Knoop , a playmate of Rilke's daughter Ruth....
  , allusive sonnet sequence by poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1922)
• Gravity's Rainbow
  Gravity's Rainbow
  
  Gravity's Rainbow is an epic Postmodern literature novel written by Thomas Pynchon and first published on February 28 1973.The narrative is set primarily in Europe at the end of World War II and centers on the design, production and dispatch of V-2 rockets by the German military, and, in particular, the quest undertaken by several chara...
  , novel by Thomas Pynchon, (1973)
• The Ground Beneath Her Feet
  The Ground Beneath Her Feet
  
  The Ground Beneath Her Feet is a novel written by Salman Rushdie. Published in 2000, it is a variation on the Orpheus#Death_of_Eurydice myth with rock music replacing Orpheus' lyre....
  , novel by Salman Rushdie, (1999)

Film and drama

• The Orphic Trilogy
  The Orphic Trilogy
  
  The Orphic Trilogy is a series of three films directed by Jean Cocteau:* The Blood of a Poet * Orph?e * Testament of Orpheus ...
  , series of films by Jean Cocteau, (1930-1959)
• Eurydice (play)
  Eurydice (play)
  
  Eurydice is a play by Sarah Ruhl which retells the myth of Orpheus from the perspective of Eurydice, his wife. The story focuses on Eurydice's choice to return to earth with Orpheus or to stay in Hades with her father ....
  , play by Jean Anouilh, (1941)
• Orpheus Descending
  Orpheus Descending
  
  Orpheus Descending is a play by Tennessee Williams. It was first presented on Broadway theatre in 1957 where it enjoyed a brief run with only modest success....
  , play by Tennessee Williams, (1957)
• Orfeu Negro, film by Marcel Camus, (1959)
• Eurydice (play)
  Eurydice (play)
  
  Eurydice is a play by Sarah Ruhl which retells the myth of Orpheus from the perspective of Eurydice, his wife. The story focuses on Eurydice's choice to return to earth with Orpheus or to stay in Hades with her father ....
  , play by Sarah Ruhl, (2003)

Music and ballet

• Euridice (opera)
  Euridice (opera)
  
  Euridice is an opera by Jacopo Peri, with additional music by Giulio Caccini. First performed in Florence on October 6 1600, it has a libretto written by Ottavio Rinuccini, based on Ovid's Metamorphoses ....
  , opera by Jacopo Peri and Giulio Caccini with librettist Ottavio Rinuccini, (1600)
• L'Orfeo, first opera composed by Monteverdi, (1607)
• Orfeo ed Euridice
  Orfeo ed Euridice
  
  Orfeo ed Euridice is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck based on Orpheus, set to a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi. It belongs to the genre of the azione teatrale, meaning an opera on a mythological subject with choruses and dancing....
  , opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, (1762)
• Orpheus in the Underworld
  Orpheus in the Underworld
  
  'Orph?e aux enfers' , op?ra bouffe , is an operetta by Jacques Offenbach. The French language text was written by Ludovic Hal?vy and later revised by Hector-Jonathan Cr?mieux....
  , operetta by Jacques Offenbach, (1858)
• Orpheus (ballet)
  Orpheus (ballet)
  
  Orpheus is a ballet made by George Balanchine on Ballet Society, which he founded together with Lincoln Kirstein and of which he was ballet master, to Orpheus from 1947 by Igor Stravinsky, his frequent collaborator, with sets and costumes by Isamu Noguchi....
  , ballet made by choreographer George Balanchine to music by Stravinsky, (1948)
• Orpheus and Eurydice (rock opera)
  Orpheus and Eurydice (rock opera)
  
  Orpheus and Eurydice is a 1975 rock opera album by Russian composers composer Alexander Zhurbin....
  , rock opera album by Alexander Zhurbin, (1975)
• The Mask of Orpheus
  The Mask of Orpheus
  
  The Mask of Orpheus is an opera with music by Harrison Birtwistle and a libretto by Peter Zinovieff. It was premiered in London on May 21, 1986 to great critical acclaim....
  , opera by composer Harrison Birtwistle and librettist Peter Zinovieff, (1986)

Visual arts

• Orpheus and Eurydice (Titian), painting of 1511 by Titian
  Titian
  
  File:Tizian 090.jpg Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio, born 1473/1490 , died 27 August 1576, better known as Titian , was the leading painter of the 16th-century Venice school of the Italian Renaissance....
  
• Orpheus and Eurydice (Poussin), painting of 1650-1651 by Poussin
  Poussin
  
  Poussin refers to:*Nicolas Poussin*Poussin *Th?odore Poussin...