Upon his return through time to Muse Enterprises ... “Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus,” presents the myth as a twisted fairy tale, set to a languorous blues-rock tune: Orpheus builds ...

But Orpheus plays his lyre and Charon is transported into a trance and Hermes and Orpheus hop into his ferry. Shortly after they overcome Cerberus - the three-headed dog who guards the gate to the ...

The Myth Apollo gave his son Orpheus a lyre of gold and tortoise shell. Orpheus mastered the instrument so completely that no one and nothing could resist his playing and singing: The animals of ...

Then Orpheus smashed his lyre to the floor and the orchestra ground to shocked silence. Thus last week did La Scala Baritone Giuseppe Valdengo—sometime (1947-54) of the Metropolitan Opera and a ...

Orpheus, son of Apollo, played his lyre so well that birds and beasts were stilled and oak trees moved from their places to listen. Even Cerberus, the three-headed guardian of Hades, was lulled to ...

In the opening poem, “Their Song,” Orpheus, who famously sings with his lyre, stops to listen to the sounds of nightfall. As he listens, the sounds become musical – “he makes out frogs’ miniature ...

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Overcome with grief, Orpheus descends to Hades to bring her back to life. With his magic lyre, he gains permission to take her home, if he will not look at her until they’ve returned to Earth.