Part 1 The story begins with Hermes enjoying Orpheus's wonderful playing on the lyre. Suddenly Orpheus spots someone in the branches of the tree above him - it is Eurydice, the nymph (or spirit ...

The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is strikingly similar to the Japanese myth of Izanagi and Izanami: Izanagi travels to the underworld to retrieve his wife Izanami, who warns him not to look at her.

Projection of the broken mind of Eurydice, in Dallas Opera production of Christoph Willibald Gluck's "Orpheus and Eurydice."(Joachim Schamberger / The Dallas Opera) It’s one of the most oft ...

The original opera, first performed in 1762, is a retelling of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus, a grieving husband who uses his musical skill to rescue his recently deceased bride, Eurydice ...