Post-Classical Interpretations
The Orpheus motif has permeated Western culture and has been used as a theme in all art forms. Examples include the Breton Lais Sir Orfeo from the early 13th Century or the musical interpretations by Claudio Monteverdi L'Orfeo (1607) and Christoph Willibald Gluck´s Opera Orfeo ed Euridice (1762). Other modern adaptations include Dino Buzzati's graphic novel Poem Strip and Peter Blegvad and Andy Partridge's music and spoken-word recording Orpheus the Lowdown. Composer Judge Smith based his most recent Songstory on the ancient myth of Orpheus. The 13th studio album of the alternative rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds is called Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus, with the initial song of the latter album based around a satirical reworking of the legend, viewed from a more modern male/female perspective. Vinicius de Moraes' play Orfeu da Conceição, later adapted by Marcel Camus in the 1959 film Black Orpheus, tells the story in the modern context of a favela in Rio de Janeiro during the Carnaval. Folk artist Anaïs Mitchell's fourth studio album titled Hadestown is loosely based on the story of Orpheus and Eurydice set in modern times. Neil Gaiman depicts his version of Orpheus in Number 50 of his Sandman comic, where Orpheus is the son of Oneiroi (the Dream Lord Morpheus) and the muse Calliope.
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