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The album stars Mitchell as Eurydice, Justin Vernon (of [[Bon Iver]]) as Orpheus, [[Ani DiFranco]] as Persephone, Greg Brown as Hades, Ben Knox Miller (of The Low Anthem) as Hermes, and the Haden Triplets as the Fates.
Since the album's conception, multiple stagings of ''Hadestown'' have emerged, with the Broadway staging sweeping th2 2019 Tony awards. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWtjGIV1sMQ Its performance] of "Wait for Me" brought down the house. Reeve Carney played Orpheus in the original Broadway Cast, while Patrick Page played Hades. The show closed down briefly for the pandemic but has since reemerged.
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** Orpheus was originally a demigod and a romantic, but definitely well-intentioned when going into the Underworld. It's implied he used his connections to get Eurydice back. This Orpheus is even more naive, who gets his spirit broken when realizing that Eurydice left him for Hadestown willingly.
** Eurydice in the original myth is [[The Ingenue]] that ended up dying via snakebite. As a result, she lacks agency in the story. ''Hadestown'' gives her more to do by showing that she had to struggle to survive, for a bite to eat or firewood.
** Hades by far is probably the ''only'' god that isn't cheating on his wife or preying on the innocent. Sure he kidnapped Persephone, but from what we know, the one time he either had an affair or was a subject of interest for Menthe ended badly for Menthe. This version of Hades preys on the vulnerable luring them to Hadestown with a promise of food and boarding.
** Hermes as the messenger god was a thief and a rapist, chasing down women who didn't want him. This Hermes is more of the [[Only Sane Man]] who looks out for his nephew. In fact, he seems bound to the rules to assist Hades by blowing the train whistle for him, and has to bend the rules to give Orpheus directions to Hadestown.
* [[Bad Samaritan]]: Hades.
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* [[Crapsack World]]
* [[Crowd Song]]: "Why We Build The Wall."
* [[Deal with the Devil]]: Orpheus makes one with Hades, as in the original myth. Rather, he agrees to try Hades's trial so as to save Eurydice.
* [[Destructive Romance]]: Hades and Persephone, touched upon in "How Long."
* [[Downer Ending]]: No matter what, Orpheus will always look back too early, just as Eurydice is about to leave Hades's domain. Then Hermes restarts the tale, undoing any character development, in the hopes that this time the tale will end happier.
* [[Drone of Dread]]: At the end of "Doubt Comes In," there is a painfully long note when Orpheus looks back at Eurydice too early, breaking his [[Deal with the Devil]].
* [[Empire with a Dark Secret]]: Hades' wall isn't keeping out any enemy...
* [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones]]: Hades truly loves Persephone, and the London version has her confirm that she followed him into Hadestown; he never kidnapped her. Persephone tries to use what remains of their love to convince Hades to release Eurydice from her contract.
* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: Oh, yes.
* [[Final Love Duet]]: "Doubt Comes In."
* [[The Gods Must Be Lazy]]: Persephone is supposed to usher in the spring, but she's had a habit of arriving when summertime is due and doing that instead. All the while she is sloshed to the nines and constantly taking sips from various mug glasses.
* [[Greek Mythology]]
* [[Great Wall]]: A great wall surrounds Hadestown. All the workers build the wall, and they sing under Hades's spell that the wall gives them work and protects them from those without jobs, who are jealous that they have a wall. The Fates reveal to Eurydice -- after she signed some paperwork Hades gave her in the privacy of his office-- that Hades goes out into the world, preys on the vulnerable and hungry, and lures them to Hadestown to have a constant labor force. She has constant meals now, but a lifetime of servitude and forgetting her name and past.
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** Hades, about Orpheus, from "His Kiss, The Riot," though he is recognizing the similarity to Orpheus in himself rather than persuading Orpheus of their similarities.
{{quote|'''Hades:''' Nothing makes a man so bold/As a woman's smile and a hand to hold/But all alone his blood runs thin/And doubt comes-- [Hesitant [[Dramatic Pause]]] doubt comes in.}}
* [[Orphean Rescue]]:
* [[Sadistic Choice]]: So do you walk out of this capitalist hellhole and trust that its owner will release your wife, on the condition that you don't look back until you are both outside? Or do you leave your wife to rot without even trying? Orpheus knows that Hades can't be trusted, but he and Eurydice have to try.
* [[Self-Backing Vocalist]]: Justin Vernon as Orpheus (see [[Voice of the Legion]]).
* [[Shame If Something Happened]]: "Hey Little Songbird."
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* [[Villain Love Song]]: "Hey Little Songbird," in which Hades seduces Eurydice.
* [[Villainous Lament]]: "How Long," in which a surprisingly vulnerable Hades shows bitter regret not for his villainous deeds, but for the [[Destructive Romance|dysfunctional nature]] of his marriage. What's tragic is that both Hades and Persephone seem to truly love each other even as that damaged love pains and tortures them.
* [[Villain Respect]]: Hades can't help but admire that Orpheus, after receiving a soul-crushiing beating,
* [[Voice of the Legion]]: Orpheus, to indicate his divine musical talent.
* [[Wedding Day]]: "Wedding Song," natch.
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