Articles related to "Orpheus"

Devastated by the loss of his beloved wife Eurydice, the Thracian King Orpheus would have done anything to have her back. And he almost succeeded.

Many ancient tales warn about the dangers of looking back to the past.

Orpheus in the Underworld, a French operetta by Jacques Offenbach. Orphée aux Enfers opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Offenbach opera information.

University students Mishka and Leela meet and fall in love. When Mishka's name is linked with a terrorist bombing, Leela must decide who to trust.

Virgil muses on the restorative powers of poetry in Georgics IV. Can verse tip the scale of mother nature and resurrect the dead?

Musical performances and instruments are central to the story of Leela and Mishka in Janette Turner Hospital's Miles Franklin Literary Award longlisted novel Orpheus Lost

Based on the hit Stratford Festival production, Orpheus Descending returns to Toronto as part of the 2006-2007 Mirvish Season at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.

An introduction to Claudio Monteverdi's treatment of the Orpheus Legend, l'Orfeo, cast of characters, and opera plot.

Orfeo ed Euridice an opera by Gluck. Gluck's Orpheus opera. Orfeo ed Euridice plot summary, Orfeo cast of characters,Orfeo ed Euridice Info

Poets from time immemorial have used the journey of Orpheus to the underworld to signal transformation and rebirth. Featuring poems of Virgil, Rilke and Mark Strand.

Jim Henson's The Storyteller Greek Myths television show stars Michael Gambon as the Greek storyteller, narrating ancient Greek myths dramatized by a talented cast.

Archaeologists and astronomers try to solve the riddle of the Thracian cults and religion.

Antonia Canova is revered for his neoclassical style and his fine attention to the human form depicted in a number of delicately featured marble statues.

Orphée aux enfers, (Orpheus in the Underworld) Jacques Offenbach's comic operetta. Orpheus in the Underwold plot summary, Orphée aux enfers character list and info.

Seana McKenna's well acquainted with the work of Tennessee Williams having played six of his most fascinating female protoganists.

Katherine Marsh reinterprets Greek myths and legends in her haunting story of one boy's journey through New York's ghostly underworld.

There should be a Hippocratic Oath for poets. If poets were held to anything near the standard of physicians, there would be far less doggerel in the world.

Life and works of Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi, famous for La Favola d'Orfeo (The Fable of Orpheus).

Biography of Jean Cocteau, a leading writer in France in the 20th century. Best known for novel Les Enfants Terribles (Children of the Game.)

Tennessee Williams was known for helping aspiring writers. On Oct,19,1980, he wrote a letter of praise to young Kenneth J. Emberly.

The 2007 Dora Award Nominations were announced this morning, celebrating the best of the Toronto theatre scene.

What do Pablo Picasso, Erik Satie, and Edith Piaf all have in common? They played a part in the fantasy and reality of theatre's incorrigible child Jean Cocteau.

Brief biography and work of Czech-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke, known for Sonnets to Orpheus and Duino Elegies.

Georgia O'Keeffe and Sonia Delaunay's early abstract works showed a gorgeous use of color and form and put the artists on an equal level with their male contemporaries.

These days everybody seems to be releasing CDs, and the market is flooded with new material almost every day.This CD, however, is well worth adding to your collection.

Brief biography of Jacques Offenbach - his life, operettas and works. Famous for his masterpiece and only opera, "The Tales of Hoffmann" (Les Contes d'Hoffmann).

Nine longlist finalists of Australia's most prestigious literary award have been announced, showcasing the best of contemporary Australian fiction.

Brief biography of Spanish dramatist and poet Pedro Calderón de la Barca, best known for his sacred pieces, autos sacramentales.

From antiquity to Napoleon's exile, violets played predominant roles in legend, myth and medicine.

Nestinarstvo, the Bulgarian Anastenaria, is among 76 elements inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Ferryman Charon carried the dead souls across the boundary of the underworld where the 3-headed dog, Kerberos awaited to welcome them.

Hal Duncan gives Suite101 a glimpse of what he is currently working on, which includes a retelling of an ancient epic and potential sequels to Escape From Hell!

Le Pont des Soupirs (The Bridge of Sighs,) a French operetta by Jacques Offenbach: opera plot summary, character list, and other Offenbach opera information.

In the first of a four-part series on sex and desire, we will explore how in Indian mythology, sexuality is carnal, erotic and spiritual at once.

The final four Top Chef: New York chefs head to New Orleans to face guest judge Emeril Lagasse. Three eliminated chefs get the chance to return to the competition.

The 28th annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards were held on Monday at the Winter Garden Theatre, feting the very best of the Toronto theatre, dance and opera season.

Abraham Lincoln was a reader all his life. His love of literature shaped his views as well as his political policies.

This Presidents' Day weekend, investigate Aaron Copland's "Lincoln's Portrait" and the album "George Washington: Music for the First President."

Although he taught literature at Toronto's Trinity College for 21 years, Davies entered university as a non-degree student because he could not pass a mathematics exam.

More than lovely beaches, mountains, wine and food, incredible churches and monasteries, Cyprus entices with the amazingly rich heritage of its ancient city-kingdoms.

Franz Liszt's life, influence and works. He is best remembered for orchestral symphonic poems, piano virtuosity, and "Dream of Love."

French opera Iphigénie en Aulide (Iphigenia in Aulis) by Christoph Willibald von Gluck: plot summary, character list, and other C.W. Gluck opera information

Christoph Willibald Gluck's French opera Iphigénie en Tauride (Iphigenia in Tauris), Plot summary, characater list, and other C.W. Gluck information.

Hellenismos is part of a growing movement of Pagan reconstructionism. Practitioners successfully blend ancient Greek beliefs and practices with modern sensibilities.

Often, the more one consciously tries to write a poem, the more diminished the poem becomes. This article is about how to let the poem emerge by writing into the unknown.

The life and works of Igor Stravinsky, famous for The Firebird, The Rite of Spring, L'histoire du soldat, and The Rake's Progress.

Olivia Dawn York, a 20-year-old actress, stars in 'Elsewhere'. She gave a phone interview on May 28.

Equipped with a strong ship and heroic crew, Jason sets off to fulfill his destiny, and get revenge. And with the aid of a powerful woman, he almost gets what he wants.

A brief look at the conducting career of the great Russian pianist-composer Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Though it is one of the most sacred days on the Christian calendar, the trappings of Easter are derived from pagan practices.