Metamorphoses
Influential mythological narrative poem by Roman poet Ovid
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| December 2024 |
Polifemo
Royal Opera of Versailles staged a version of Polifemo.
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| July 19 2024 |
Polifemo
American premiere of Polifemo by Opera Neo in San Diego, CA at UC San Diego Park and Market. Directed by Daria Zholnerova and conducted by Peter Kozma.
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| February 2024 |
Polifemo
Opéra National du Rhin produced the first performance of Polifemo in France in Strasbourg and Mulhouse, directed by Emmanuelle Haïm with Le Concert d'Astrée. Performers included Franco Fagioli, Paul Antoine Benos Djian, and Madison Nonoa.
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| 2022 |
Iphigenia
T.J. Nelson published a scholarly article 'Iphigenia in the Iliad and the Architecture of Homeric Allusion' in TAPA, providing a contemporary academic analysis of Iphigenia's representation in classical literature.
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| 2021 |
Iphigenia
Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding collaborated to create a modern opera titled 'Iphigenia', bringing the mythical character to contemporary musical interpretation.
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| 2020 | Titian's 'poesie' paintings inspired by the Metamorphoses were reunited in an exhibition at The National Gallery. |
| 2019 |
Polifemo
A semi-staged production of Polifemo was presented at the Salzburg Festival.
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| November 8 2019 |
Ercole amante
Second live performance and recording of Ercole amante at Opéra-Comique, Paris, featuring Nahuel di Pierro as Ercole, conducted by Raphaël Pichon, with stage direction by Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq.
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| November 6 2019 |
Ercole amante
First live performance and recording of Ercole amante at Opéra-Comique, Paris, featuring Nahuel di Pierro as Ercole, conducted by Raphaël Pichon, with stage direction by Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq.
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| March 2019 |
Around the Beatles
An original ticket for the show's dress rehearsal was featured on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow and valued at £100.
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| 2018 |
Pasiphaë
Pasiphaë is featured in Madeline Miller's novel Circe as the sister of the protagonist, depicted as a witch who has intercourse with the Cretan Bull and calls on her sister to help with the Minotaur's birth.
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| 2018 | A main character in Pat Barker's novel The Silence of the Girls, much of which is narrated by his slave Briseis. |
| 2016 | Jean-Michel Bruyere completed the 3D 360° audiovisual installation 'La Dispersion du Fils'. |
| 2015 |
Around the Beatles
Footage of the Beatles performing 'Can't Buy Me Love' was included in the video portion of the 1 compilation reissue.
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| 2014 | Christophe Honoré directed the film 'Métamorphoses', offering a contemporary cinematic interpretation of Ovid's work. |
| 2013 |
Polifemo
Parnassus Arts Productions staged Polifemo at Theater an der Wien.
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| 2013 |
Pasiphaë
Pasiphaë appears as a major antagonist in Rick Riordan's fantasy novel The House of Hades, portrayed as an immortal sorceress who allies with Gaea against the Olympian gods and is ultimately defeated by the demigod Hazel Levesque.
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| 2012 | Appears as the Rider of Red in the light novel series Fate/Apocrypha. |
| 2011 | Main character in Madeline Miller's debut novel The Song of Achilles, which explores his relationship with Patroclus and won the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction. |
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