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.

(Die) Geschöpfe des Prometheus, '(The) Creatures of Prometheus' Swedish Chamber Orchestra Thomas Dausgaard, Conductor Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer (12) German Dances Swedish Chamber Orchestra Thomas ...

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 Howard’s hands, the Allegro con brio section in Act 1’s opening number conveys more of the music’s opera buffa character than in Katsaris’s scaled-down reading. While Katsaris clips the F major ...

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 ...