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Perséphone is a musical work for speaker, solo singers, chorus, dancers and orchestra with music by Igor Stravinsky and a libretto by André Gide.. It was first performed under the direction of the composer at the Opéra in Paris, on 30 April 1934 in a double bill with the ballet Diane de Poitiers by Jacques Ibert.
The song discusses themes of alcohol abuse, [3] including autobiographical reflections delivered in the third person. It has been described by Rafferty's estate as a "memorable, top 30 melody with a pitiless self-portrait of an artist using alcohol to blur the edges of a world in which what is real, and valuable, is sometimes effusive".
Persephone's Bees chronology; City of Love ... "City of Love" – 4:04 "Nice Day" – 4:01 ... "Queen's Night Out" – 4:27 "Home" – 6:50; References
Persephone is the most uninhibited character in “Hadestown.” When they had the announcement for your casting, you said something about how, as a sober person, you appreciated the chance to ...
The album Turbo Ocho by Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers features a track titled Persephone [8] as a love song written by Hades to Persephone. The folk opera Hadestown based on the myth of Orpheus, Persephone is a main character. Ani DiFranco portrays Persephone in the 2010 concept album, while in the stage adaptation the role was originated by ...
Persephone opening a cista containing the infant Adonis, on a pinax from Locri Epizephyrii. Adonis was an exceedingly beautiful mortal man with whom Persephone fell in love. [69] [70] [71] After he was born, Aphrodite entrusted him to Persephone to raise. But when Persephone got a glimpse of the beautiful Adonis—finding him as attractive as ...
Producer Richard Perry chose "Night Owl" for her to cover, because "it was a funkier, bluesier tune than [Taylor's] more folk-oriented material." [ 13 ] Paul McCartney , Linda McCartney , Doris Troy , Jimmy Ryan and Bonnie Bramlett provided the backing vocals for Simon's version of the song.
According to another myth, Persephone herself changed him into an eagle owl by sprinkling him with water of the river Phlegethon. [3] Ovid mentions: "So he became the vilest bird; a messenger of grief; the lazy owl; sad omen to mankind." [4] As an owl, he became the familiar bird of Hades, god of the underworld.