Theo Dorgan: Eternal Orpheus, an enduring life in myth

The figure of Orpheus as the archetype of the lyric singer has proved perennially attractive to poets and composers. The basic architecture of the story is straightforward and plain, but the power of the myth rests in how, generation after generation, the figure has proved surprisingly flexible and relevant. Theo Dorgan's Orpheus is a figure very much of and for our time, while credibly presented as of his own time and place.

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