: a poet and musician in Greek mythology who almost rescues his wife Eurydice from Hades by charming Pluto and Persephone with his lyre
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Bianca Del Rio: The vivacious drag queen reigned as the celebrity monarch of Orpheus.
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Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 4 Mar. 2025
The 35-year-old actor — who found fame during his 9-season run as Cisco Ramon on The Flash — is back on Broadway after an 11-year absence, leading the company of the Tony Award-winning musical Hadestown as the idealistic and open-hearted musician, Orpheus.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Minnie Mouse and Orpheus meet at a singles mixer on an ocean liner, en route from New Zealand to England.
—Audrey Wollen, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
In a reversal of the Orpheus tale, Frida Kahlo returns to earth once more to guide her husband, Diego Rivera, to the underworld on the Day of the Dead.
—New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
And every night my Persephone believes Orpheus and Eurydice are gonna make it.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025
Ambitious artistic director, James Figueras (Duris), is reviving Orpheus, the mythic opera by Ernest Dupré, inspired by the Greek mythological figure of Orpheus and his journey into the underworld in search of his dead wife Euridice.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025
Reeve Carney recently wound up his seven years’ journey as Orpheus through its Canadian tryout and London and Broadway stints, replaced by Jordan Fisher; Ani DiFranco joined the production this February.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
The Pacific had struck the Orpheus, a 1,100-ton square-rigger that was traveling north along the Washington coast to load a shipment of coal at Nanaimo in British Columbia.
—Joel Sams, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
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Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 4 Mar. 2025
The 35-year-old actor — who found fame during his 9-season run as Cisco Ramon on The Flash — is back on Broadway after an 11-year absence, leading the company of the Tony Award-winning musical Hadestown as the idealistic and open-hearted musician, Orpheus.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Minnie Mouse and Orpheus meet at a singles mixer on an ocean liner, en route from New Zealand to England.
—Audrey Wollen, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
In a reversal of the Orpheus tale, Frida Kahlo returns to earth once more to guide her husband, Diego Rivera, to the underworld on the Day of the Dead.
—New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
And every night my Persephone believes Orpheus and Eurydice are gonna make it.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025
Ambitious artistic director, James Figueras (Duris), is reviving Orpheus, the mythic opera by Ernest Dupré, inspired by the Greek mythological figure of Orpheus and his journey into the underworld in search of his dead wife Euridice.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025
Reeve Carney recently wound up his seven years’ journey as Orpheus through its Canadian tryout and London and Broadway stints, replaced by Jordan Fisher; Ani DiFranco joined the production this February.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
The Pacific had struck the Orpheus, a 1,100-ton square-rigger that was traveling north along the Washington coast to load a shipment of coal at Nanaimo in British Columbia.
—Joel Sams, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Orpheus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Orpheus. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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