Event ID # 93407
Date:
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
 Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Event:

The Power of Song: Orpheus in Literature and Art
Host:

Michael C. Carlos Museum
Location:

(Druid Hills)   Google Map
571 South Kilgo Cr, Atlanta, GA 30322
Contact:
Priyanka Sinha		 Phone:
404-727-4282
Email:
Website:
http://www.carlos.emory.edu
Price:
Free
Full details:
As chief among the poets and musicians it was said that Orpheus could coax the trees and rocks to dance.  In a lecture titled The Power of Song:  Orpheus in Literature and Art Dr. Peter Bing, Professor of Classics at Emory, will explore the ways in which artists, writers, and musicians throughout history have interpreted the myth as a triumph of art over death.  

This program is co-sponsored by the Atlanta Opera, presenting Gluck’s Orpheo and Euridice November 14, 17, 20 & 22.  (link Atlanta Opera to their webpage at http://www.atlantaopera.org)