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Hadestown: Songs from the Folk Opera: Type-in
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- 01What is the final song of the show, a toast to Orpheus and the hope found in retelling the old sad song?
- 02In her introductory song, Eurydice expresses a cynical, pragmatic worldview shaped by hunger and cold.
- 03Persephone reveals her secret speakeasy and shares her contraband liquor with the workers in this defiant number.
- 04The company sings this boisterous, New Orleans-style jazz number about the industrial underworld run by Hades.
- 05Orpheus sings this powerful melody to Hades and Persephone, retelling their own love story and melting the king's heart.
- 06Arguably the show's most famous number, this song chronicles Orpheus's journey to the underworld, guided by Hermes.
- 07What song marks the climax of the journey out of Hadestown, where Orpheus gives in to his doubt and turns around?
- 08Hades tempts a starving Eurydice to come work for him in this jazzy, villainous number.
- 09In a chilling call-and-response, Hades explains to his workers that the wall they build is to keep poverty out.
- 10This opening number, led by Hermes, introduces the gods and mortals who populate this tragic tale.