Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. When he got the call about a ballet commission, the 30-year-old Beethoven knew a great opportunity had ...

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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 ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Beethoven wrote music for only one ballet, "The Creatures of Prometheus," in his career. Few enduring works have been choreographed to Beethoven's music, and none of those were ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Starting on Tuesday 8 June, Dutch National Ballet will dance five ...

Ballet and Beethoven don't seem to go together, but he did write one, called "The Creatures of Prometheus," and it was a success. From Royal Festival Hall, in London, Sir Roger Norrington conducts the ...

Beethoven was a man of intense passions. He had a fierce admiration of Napoleon, which turned to bitter disillusionment when Napoleon crowned himself Emperor. The composer changed the dedication of ...

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 ...