Orpheus his version of Orpheus in "The Sandman" comics series (1989–2015). Gaiman's Orpheus is the son of Oneiros (the Dream Lord Morpheus) and the muse Calliope. Because of the pervasiveness of the Orpheus myth, many interpretations are in conversation with previous interpretations as well: Pina Bausch's dance-opera "Orpheus und Euridike" displays original choreography set to Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice". Baz Luhrmann, in DVD commentaries for his 2001 film "Moulin Rouge!", characterizes the film as, in part, a tale of an Orphic hero (in this case a songwriter) who embarks upon a visit to the underworld (in this case the demi-monde around
The Mask of Orpheus with the Orpheus myth decaying. "The Mask of Orpheus", in addition to vocal and orchestral music, contains a significant amount of electronic music, (which was precisely composed by Birtwistle, and realized on his behalf by Barry Anderson). Each act has its own electronic "aura", which goes on continuously, sometimes prominently, sometimes inaudibly; the voice of Apollo is heard on several occasions as an electronic sound "speaking" in an invented language. These electronic sounds were made by Anderson in Paris at IRCAM. There are also six purely electronic interludes created by computer manipulation of harp sounds. Jocelyn Herbert was commissioned to