Orfeus and Eurydike
Orfeus and Eurydike
The Project Room
2 – 18 June 2023
Carolina Hindsjö
Orpheus and Eurydice is a Greek story about how Orpheus who plays music so wonderfully can get everything he wants. He even gets Eurydice. Love radiates with music and song. But then a snake bites Eurydice and she is taken to Hades. There is silence, Orpheus stops playing. Nothing is fun anymore. The birds also stop singing. But since Orpheus is used to getting everything he wants, he goes down to the realm of Hades, rides across the river Styx and plays his instrument and seduces everyone. He succeeds in persuading Hades to let Eurydice come with him to earth. It will be on one condition, Orpheus must never see her until they are outside the cave. Convinced that he can do it, Orpheus takes Eurydice by the hand and walks towards the opening.