Category Archives: theatre

Highway to Hades: Orfeo ed Euridice

Posted on 2011/02/14 by KayleighAnnyikha

Orfeo ed Euridice is an opera composed by Christoph Gluck. The original text was written by Ranieri De’ Calzabigi. This film, done during the 1982 Glyndebourne Opera Festival, stars Janet Baker as Orpheus, Elisabeth Speiser as Euridice, and Elizabeth Gale … Continue reading →

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Highway to Hades: Wait for Me

Posted on 2011/02/12 by KayleighAnnyikha

One of the most complex rock operas of the decade is Hadestown, conceptualized by musician Anaïs Mitchell and performed as a collaborative work with many artists and musicians. The rock opera has an apocalyptic, post-industrial Great Depression feel. In the words … Continue reading →

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[film] XANADU (1980)

Posted on 2010/10/13 by Ruadhán McElroy

I’m totally prepared for other people to give me shit for my tastes in film on this site — I’ve put up with plenty enough about it on the Hellenistai forum already, so it’s not going to surprise me to … Continue reading →

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Timberlake Wertenbaker – The Love of the Nightingale (Play)

Posted on 2010/09/06 by AingealOreiad

This play was commissioned for the Royal Shakespeare Company and first performed in 1989. It is a feminist retelling of the Greek myth of the rape of Philomela. In 2007 it was adapted into an opera of the same name … Continue reading →

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Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses

Posted on 2010/08/03 by AingealOreiad

I would love to assume that most of those reading this have read, or are at the very least familiar with Ovid’s Metamorphoses. For those that aren’t, I highly recommend it, despite it’s Roman overtones, if only for the fact … Continue reading →

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Highway to Hades: Rivers of Frogs

Posted on 2010/08/02 by KayleighAnnyikha

We all know about depictions of Hades as the Christian Hell. The Film Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief depicts the God Hades as Satan, complete with horns, when he wasn’t dressed like a member of a metal … Continue reading →

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