ORPHEUS. In the sixth century BCE, a religious movement that modern historians call Orphism appeared in Greece around the figure of Orpheus, the Thracian enchanter. The features of this movement, and even its existence, have been subjects of debate...

Orpheus (Greek: Ορφεύς; pronounced in English as ['ɔ(ɹ).fi.əs] (ohr'-fee-uhs) or ['ɔ(ɹ).fjuːs] (ohr'-fews)) is a figure from Greek mythology, king of the Thracian tribe Cicones, called by Pindar "the father of songs". His name does not occur...

It's not unusual nowadays for broking firms - four in this case - to get together to set up their own network to develop long-term relationships with interested insurers; establish their own branded products; foster regular contact with each other and adopt joint marketing...

OFFENBACH Orpheus in the Underworld * Marek Janowski, cond; William Workman (Pluto/Aristaeus); Kurt Marschner (Orpheus); Elisabeth Steiner (Eurydice); Liselotte Pulver (Public Opinion); Toni Blankenheim (Jupiter); Inge Meysel (Juno); Theo Lingen (John Styx); Hamburg St PO; Hamburg St Op Ballet & Ch * ARTHAUS 101...

It was the mighty Kenneth Tynan who said that among the things he could live without in the theater are Everyman characters with pretentious names like “Mr. Adam” or “Mr. Zero.” I wonder how he might have felt about Sarah Ruhl’s interpretation of the Orpheus/Eurydice...

Though the climax of Mardi Gras is still to come, official data so far from the second celebration since Hurricane Katrina shows a city on the rebound.Last year's festivities were scaled down _ fewer parades and only about 13,000 hotel rooms available. This year there...