Orpheus Paris' Montmartre) in search of his fortune and ultimately to attempt the rescue of his doomed love. The film adapts a widely known piece from Jacques Offenbach's comedic operetta "Orphée aux enfers" ("Orpheus in the Underworld"), identified with the once-popular can-can music hall dance. Offenbach's operatic work had itself parodied the classical tale of Orpheus' attempted rescue of Eurydice from Pluto (Hades). Gavin Bryars' music for Édouard Lock's full length ballet "Dido and Orfeo" (2011) reworks music from the operas "Dido and Aeneas" (Purcell) and "Orfeo ed Euridice" (Gluck) for a small ensemble of saxophone, viola, cello and piano. Orpheus
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus power of the music and lyrics, the set draws on Cave’s compelling persona: part priest, part sideshow barker--crooning one moment and eviscerating the next. While this has always been the core of his talent, on "Abattoir/Lyre" it is particularly rich and rewarding." In a more mixed assessment, Douglas Wolk, writing in "Spin", was complimentary of "Abattoir Blues" but felt that "The Lyre of Orpheus" was "effectively "Abattoir" spillover: more mellow, less grand in conception, but—somehow—more pretentious in execution." In his Consumer Guide for "The Village Voice", Robert Christgau designated three songs from the album ("The Lyre of Orpheus", "There She