Originally conceived as a ballet work, Ludwig van Beethoven's The Creatures of Prometheus tells the story of two clay statues made human by a cunning Prometheus. In this imaginative multimedia ...

In Greek mythology, the god Prometheus fashions the first man and woman out of clay, then brings them to life. Beethoven brought the story to life for the ballet stage in his "Creatures of Prometheus.

We humans are the "Creatures of Prometheus," in Greek mythology. Beethoven took Prometheus and his creatures seriously in the music for a ballet by that name. Philippe Entremont conducts the Munich ...

Beethoven’s only ballet, The Creatures of Prometheus, is coming up in a concert by the New Haven Symphony Orchestra this weekend, completed with dancers from the Tia Russell Dance Studio and New Haven ...

In the Orchestra's most ambitious online performance since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Salonen conducts the full ballet score of Beethoven's The Creatures of Prometheus, almost 250 years to the day ...

Greek mythology, Beethoven, symphonic music — all heavy stuff — so what’s all the fun about? Leave it to San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and animator Hillary Leben to create ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Netflix and Hulu aren’t the only streaming services worth binging on during the coronavirus pandemic. No, the Cleveland Orchestra's new "TCO Classics" series is also right up there, ...

A symphony orchestra in a vast concert hall. Ballet dancers, barefoot. A spoken-word poet and a singer. A traditional African drummer. According to Greek myth, the titan Prometheus sculpted humans out ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Sharmont “Influence” Little: “Humanity has never been given by a Greek god.” A symphony orchestra ...