Hadestown (musical) Hadestown (musical) Hadestown: The Myth. The Musical is a 2016 stage musical adaptation of the 2010 folk opera concept album by the same name by Anaïs Mitchell. It premiered off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop on May 6, 2016 and ran through July 31. The show was developed for the stage and directed by Rachel Chavkin. Like the original concept album, "Hadestown" tells a version of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, where Orpheus journeys to the underworld to rescue his fiancée Eurydice. As in the 2010 album, "Hadestown" adapts the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to a
The Window of Orpheus The Window of Orpheus , also known as Orpheus no Mado or Das Fenster von Orpheus, is a Japanese historical manga series written and illustrated by Riyoko Ikeda. It was published by Shueisha in "Margaret" from 1975 to 1981, and collected in 18 bound volumes. It takes place in Germany, Austria and Russia with the backdrop story of the Russian Revolution. The story begins in Regensburg, Germany in 1903. There is a rumor at the all-boys Catholic S. Sebastian Music Institute that if someone looks through a window known as The Window of Orpheus in one of the towers and