Eurydice Sightings
- The Library by Apollodorus 200BC - 101BC
One of the earliest accounts of the myth of "Orpheus and Eurydice" is just a click away. Thank you, Internet.
- Georgics by Virgil 29BC
The big cheese of epic Roman poets has his own version of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth. It's pretty…poetic.
- The Metamorphoses by Ovid 2BC
And here's a version of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth by, you know, that other Roman poet.
- L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi 1607
In L'Orfeo, Eurydice is around for all your baroque opera needs.
- Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald von Gluck 1762
Have you ever wondered what the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice would be like if it were retold in the form of a German opera? Well, it's your lucky day.
- Eurydice by Jean Anouilh 1941
Everyone wants to get in on the action: in Eurydice, a famous French playwright tells his version of the myth of the lovely nymph and her husband.
- Orphée 1950
Writer/director Jean Cocteau artsy fartsies it up in this film version — Orpheus is both the title and the star.
- Black Orpheus 1959
Want to see the dark side of Orpheus? Well here's a steamy version of his story, set in South America.
- The Storyteller: Greek Myths 1982
Jim Henson, master of Muppets, puts his unique spin on Orpheus' myth. It's always better when Muppets are (kind of) involved.
- Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl 2008
Eurydice is the namesake for this this beautiful and imaginative spin on the tale by hotshot playwright Sarah Ruhl.
- Hadestown by Anais Mitchell 2010
This concept album is a folk opera retelling of the story of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth... and it's awesome.
- Orpheus and Eurydice: A Myth Underground by Mollie Davies, music by James Johnston and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 2011
This dramatic reinterpretation of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth was created for the National Youth Theater of Britain. Fancy shmancy.
