A powerful symbol. With their soft, ethereal tones, the harp, lyre and zither have long held a place in the collective ...

The Orpheus we see in Roman mosaics and in 17 th-century Dutch paintings is this one. He sits on a rock throne in a wild landscape, a harbinger of peace, playing his lyre within a sacred circle or ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Overcome with grief, Orpheus descends to Hades to bring her back to life. With his magic lyre, he gains permission to take ...