Orpheus und Eurydike Orpheus und Eurydike Orpheus und Eurydike ("Orpheus and Eurydice") is an opera by Ernst Krenek. The German text is based on a play by Oskar Kokoschka. Kokoschka began writing his play during his convalescence (from wounds received on the Ukrainian front in 1915) and it premiered in 1921, one year before Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus appeared. In 1923 he let it be known that he was looking for a composer to write incidental music. Kokoschka's expressionist, psychological treatment of the Orpheus myth, marked by his passion for Alma Mahler, appealed to Krenek so he approached Kokoschka. They quickly decided that
Hades in popular culture Damian Hart (an important villain in the series) uses a BeyBlade by the name of Hades Kerbecs which references the name Hades and a play on words referencing the name one of the names of Hades dog, Kerberos. (this information is from the English version of the show and the names may vary in the Japanese version of the show.) Hoshi Minato from Uchu Sentai Kyuranger is based on Hades due to him being under control by the Jark Matter and him being covered in gold. In the Disney 1997 film "Hercules", Hades appears as the main antagonist. Unlike the