Orpheus (disambiguation)

Orpheus was a legendary figure in Greek mythology, chief among poets and musicians.

Orpheus may also be:

Music and dance

• Orpheus (ballet), George Balanchine's 1948 ballet
• Orpheus in the Underworld, operetta by Jacques Offenbach
• The Mask of Orpheus, Harrison Birtwistle's 1984 opera
• "Orpheus" (song), a single from the album Secrets of the Beehive by David Sylvian
• "Orpheus" (song), a single from the album Meltdown by the band Ash
• The Lyre of Orpheus (album), song and album by Nick Cave
• Orpheus (band), a Worcester rock band from the 1960s
• Orpheus Music, an R&B and jazz record label
• Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, classical music chamber orchestra from New York City, U.S.
• Orpheus Musical Theatre Society, amateur musical theatre society in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• Orpheus Club of Philadelphia, a men's chorus in Philadelphia
• Golden Orpheus, 1965–1999, a Bulgarian song contest
• List of Orphean operas

Television and film

• The Orphic Trilogy, three French films by Jean Cocteau, including

• Orpheus (film), or Orphée, 1950
• Testament of Orpheus, or Le testament d'Orphée, 1960

• Black Orpheus, a 1959 French film
• "Orpheus 3.3", an episode of 21 Jump Street
• "Orpheus" (Angel), an episode of the television series Angel
• "Orpheus" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of the television series Stargate SG-1
• Doctor Byron Orpheus, a character on the animated series The Venture Bros.
• Orpheus, a character in the anime film Saint Seiya: The Movie

Literature

• Orpheus Descending, a play by Tennessee Williams
• The Lyre of Orpheus (novel), last of the Cornish Trilogy by Robertson Davies
• Sonnets to Orpheus, German poetry written by Rainer Maria Rilke
• Orpheus, a character from the Inkheart trilogy by Cornelia Funke

Games and comics

• Orpheus (comics), a DC Comics character
• Orpheus (role-playing game), published by White Wolf Game Studio
• Orpheus, The main character's persona in the video game Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3

Other uses

• 3361 Orpheus, an Apollo asteroid
• Orpheus, a mockingbird genus, now a junior synonym of Mimus
• Orpheus, an invalid genus proposed for the Brown-eared Bulbul
• ORPHEUS: Organisation for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in the European System
• Orpheus Gate, a geographical pass in Antarctica
• Orpheus Monument, a Roman-era monument in Slovenia
• Orpheus Roye, American professional football player
• Bristol Siddeley Orpheus, a turbojet engine
• HMS Orpheus, any of several ships of the Royal Navy
• Krewe of Orpheus, a New Orleans Mardi Gras krewe

See also

• Orpheum (disambiguation), a common name for theaters
• Orphée (disambiguation), the French spelling
• Orfeas (disambiguation), Ορφέας, the Greek spelling
• Orfeo (disambiguation), the Italian spelling

• Orfei, an Italian family name

• Orfeu (disambiguation), the Portuguese spelling
• Orfey (disambiguation), Орфей, the Russian spelling
• Orfeusz i Eurydyka, Polish poetry collection by Czesław Miłosz.

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