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Hadestown (Music)
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Hadestown is a 2010 Concept Album and "folk opera" by singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell (her fourth album overall) that retells the Orpheus myth in a time of economic depression. Starving Artist Orpheus offers the world to his cynical bride Eurydice, who is unsure he can provide for the two of them. Seeking prosperity, Eurydice is tempted by the riches of wealthy businessman Hades' underground walled city, Hadestown, and makes her way there. Orpheus vows to get his bride back, while Persephone laments her life with Hades even as she subverts his power by running a hidden speakeasy. Ultimately, Hades' authority is challenged by Orpheus's appearance.The 2010 recording features the following cast: | |
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All There in the Manual | |
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All There in the Manual: To fully understand the setting and plot of the concept album when it came out, you needed to read the booklet that came with the CD, which included a plot synopsis. | |
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The Place | |
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The Place: The title, "Hadestown", refers to the titular town Eurydice becomes trapped in. | |
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Adaptational Villainy | |
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Adaptational Villainy: Hades, though he is given a sympathetic motivation and shown getting at least slightly better by the end, is more openly malicious than he was originally in Greek mythology. Here, he baits workers into coming to Hadestown and makes them do back-breaking labor almost constantly while paying them next to nothing, and his plan is to let Orpheus and Eurydice think they've won while the test's failure keeps his workers in line. | |
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Starving Artist | |
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Starving Artist: Orpheus is a musician living through an economic depression. As early as "Wedding Song", the very first track, Eurydice expresses concern that he can properly provide for them. Hades lampshades this in "Hey Little Songbird". | |
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Rescued from the Underworld | |
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Rescued from the Underworld: The story is based on the myth of Orpheus, though in this case, Eurydice isn't literally dead but instead trapped in an underground city as a worker. Orpheus tries to get her back but looks back at the last minute, dooming her. | |
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Early-Installment Weirdness | |
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Early-Installment Weirdness: In contrast to his later depictions as a wide-eyed, somewhat naive idealist, Orpheus here is considerably more savvy and street-smart, knowing legends without Hermes teaching them to him. Justin Vernon's layered vocals also give him a more detached, almost mythical air compared to later performers who were more overtly emotional. Hermes is an amoral trickster god directly working for Hades instead of a wise mentor to Orpheus who conducts people to Hadestown, and has a much smaller role compared to later versions, only appearing in 2 songs. Similarly to Hermes, Persephone's role is smaller than later versions, and her personality and disdain for Hades' projects isn't as fleshed out as it later would be. Several songs are out of order compared to later versions, most notably "Nothing Changes" and "If It's True" being set before "Papers". There's also only 2 Epics, and the "la la la la" love motif is much rarer than in later versions. | |
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Melismatic Vocals | |
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Melismatic Vocals: Anais Mitchell as Eurydice, particularly in "Flowers (Eurydice's Song)". Her vocals have a lot of artistic wavering. | |
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Ain't Too Proud to Beg | |
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Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Persephone doesn't beg for herself, but for Orpheus. She asks for Hades to let Eurydice go, out of the memory for the love they used to have. Hades refuses, but admits that he wishes their relationship was the way it used to be. | |
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Drone of Dread | |
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Drone of Dread: The latter half of "His Kiss, The Riot" has a sustained drone as Hades works out his plan to let Orpheus and Eurydice think they've won. | |
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Radio Voice | |
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Radio Voice: The Fates' vocals in "Gone, I'm Gone" have this effect applied to them to imply that they're only voices in the back of Eurydice's mind. Hermes' spoken verses in "Wait For Me" have this as well, implying they're a recording or they're a memory echoing in Orpheus' head that he keeps consulting for advice during his journey. | |
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Big Bad | |
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Big Bad: Hades is the ruler of Hadestown, the one who tempts Eurydice to stay with him, and the one Orpheus must bargain with to get his wife back. Also not a very nice guy. | |
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Circular Reasoning | |
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Circular Reasoning: The ultimate point of "Why We Build The Wall" is that the people of Hadestown are stuck in this. Because they are building a wall, they have work. Because they have work, they believe their neighbors to be jealous of them. And because they think their neighbors are jealous of them, they need to build a wall. | |
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Last Note Nightmare | |
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Last Note Nightmare: "Doubt Comes In" ends on sustained minor-key screeching as Orpheus turns around and dooms Eurydice. | |
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Playing Card Motifs | |
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Playing Card Motifs: Orpheus refers to Hades as the "king of diamonds, king of spades", referring to his being the god of wealth and the Underworld. In turn, Hades refers to Orpheus as a "jack of hearts". | |
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Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane | |
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Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: The album is more directly set in reality compared to later versions, as overt displays of the gods' power aren't on display. | |
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Villain Love Song | |
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Villain Love Song: "Hey Little Songbird", in which Hades seduces Eurydice. | |
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Star-Crossed Lovers | |
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Star-Crossed Lovers: Orpheus and Eurydice end as this. Orpheus cannot return to Hadestown to see her and Eurydice cannot go to him on the surface because Orpheus broke the condition that Hades gave when he let the two of them go. | |
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Self-Backing Vocalist | |
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Self-Backing Vocalist: Justin Vernon as Orpheus has his vocals layered to represent Orpheus's supreme skill at music — he's the Voice of the Legion. | |
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You Will Be Spared | |
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You Will Be Spared: It's implied that Persephone will keep an eye out for Eurydice and do what she can to help her out of respect for Orpheus. They close out the album at Persephone's speakeasy, mourning Orpheus and his failure. | |
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