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"Ophelia" is a song recorded by American folk rock band the Lumineers. It was released as the lead single from their sophomore album Cleopatra on February 5, 2016. As of July 2024, the song has garnered over 1.3 billion streams on Spotify .
Ophelia often appears in various cultural contexts, [31] including literature, music, film and television. A moon of Uranus is named after Ophelia. [ 32 ] Robert Schumann in 'Herzeleid' from 'Sechs Gesänge' (opus 107 nr 1; 1852) puts the poem of Titus Ullrich to music, which is dedicated to the figure of Ophelia, ending with her name sung twice.
In Jasper Fforde's novel Something Rotten (2004) Ophelia tries to take over the play during Hamlet's excursion to the real world. [6] Ophelia by Lisa Klein tells the story of Hamlet from Ophelia's point of view. [7] In Paul Griffiths' novel let me tell you (2008) Ophelia tells a narrative using only her words from Hamlet, rearranged.
2. Polonius (scherzando) and Ophelia (adagio), and 3. Hamlet after the appearance of the ghost. His death and Fortinbras. However, by 1888 he had altered these notions. The actor Lucien Guitry asked him to write some incidental music for a production of Shakespeare's play, to which
As of August 6, 2008, Autumn announced that she would be releasing Opheliac nationwide in music stores across the US on October 7, 2008. [9] The US release features exclusive tracks, such as "The Art of Suicide - Acoustic" and out-takes from the Opheliac recording sessions.
The English music critic John Steane, reviewing Simon Keenlyside's performance of this aria, wrote: Coming after the grave-diggers' scene, it is a tender yet bitterly repentant elegy on Ophelia's death. The soliloquy has no counterpart in Shakespeare and brings out the best in both Thomas and Keenlyside.
Ophelia is a feminine given name, probably derived from Ancient Greek ὠφέλεια (ōphéleia, "benefit"). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The name is best known as a character from William Shakespeare 's Hamlet who has a tragic end.
The lyrics tell of the singer's attempt to find the heroine Ophelia. [1] [2] The relationship between the singer and Ophelia is never made explicit. Author Craig Harris refers to her as the singer's old friend, while music critic Nick DeRiso considers her his lover. [2] [3] But he finds out that Ophelia has left town, apparently in a hurry.