The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice has inspired countless works of art down the years.
Greek mythology has long been a source of inspiration for artists, seducing countless writers, musicians, filmmakers and poets with its rich parade of heroes, victims, lovers and angry gods.
Vermont-born singer-songwriter Mitchell recalls coming across Orpheus and Eurydice in an illustrated children’s book of mythologies. “Orpheus is allowed to go into the Underworld to bring the love of his life back, but it’s only because he can charm the gods with the sheer power of his music. Given the complexity of today, I think we need to understand that art can be a vehicle for us to understand the world better.”is a meditation on life and death featuring the music of Australian drummer and composer Laurence Pike and inspired loosely by the Orpheus and Eurydice story.
Quite what lessons we are to take away from this mythic tale that has fascinated and inspired so many artists is far from clear – and maybe that is the point.
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