Orpheus no Mado

オルフェウスの窓 (Orpheus no Mado)
The Window of Orpheus
Cover of volume 1
Genre	Historical, Drama
Manga
Written by	Riyoko Ikeda
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Margaret
Original run	January 1975 – August 1981
Volumes	18

The Window of Orpheus (オルフェウスの窓, Orpheus no Mado) is a manga by Riyoko Ikeda. It was published by Shueisha in Margaret from 1975 to 1981, and collected in 18 bound volumes. It takes place in Germany and Russia with the backdrop story of the Russian Revolution.

Story

The story begins in Regensburg, Germany in 1903. There is a rumor at the all-boys Catholic S. Sebastian Music Institute that if someone looks through a window known as The Window of Orpheus in one of the towers and sees a beautiful girl through it, he will fall in love with her. This love will only bring pain for it will end up like the tragic Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.

Two of the students, Klaus and Isaac, see a girl through the window. Not realizing she is a fellow student named Julius, who was raised to be a boy, things spin out of control and their lives are changed forever.

Characters

Part 1-Regensburg, Germany

Alfred Von Ahrensmeyer
Annelotte Von Ahrensmeyer
Julius Leonherd Von Ahrensmeyer
Maria Barbara Von Ahrensmeyer
Renate Von Ahrensmeyer
Klaus Sommerich (Alexeij Mihailovic)
Dimitrij Mihailovic
Alraune Von Egenolf
Isaak Gotthilfe Weischeit
Friederike Weischeit
Katharina Von Brennel
Hermann Virkrich
Davidt Rassen
Gertrud
Roberta
Jacob
Jan
Moritz Von Berg
Bettina Von Berg

Part 2-Wien, Austria

Professor Schoenberg
Amalie Schoenberg
Ingrid Seidelhof
Marvida Seidelhof
Clara Seidelhof
Franz
Reinhardt Von Emmarich
Borfi Von Emmarich
Wilhelm Backhaus

Part 3-Saint Petersburg, Russia

Leonid Yussupov
Vera Yussupov
Ludmir Yussupov
Antonia Klikovskaya
Anastasia Klikovskaya
Count Strashov
Dmitri Mikhailov
Alexander Kerensky
Gregory Rasputin
Schuler

External links

Riyoko Ikeda's The Window of Orpheus in Regensburg
~Orpheus no Mado Encyclopaedia~
Orpheus no Mado (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

Orpheus and Eurydice

Characters	Eurydice Orpheus

Orphean operas	Euridice (1600, Peri) Euridice (1602, Caccini) L'Orfeo (1607, Monteverdi) La morte d'Orfeo (1619, Landi) Orfeo (1647, Rossi) Orfeo (1672, Sartorio) La descente d'Orphée aux enfers (c. 1686, Charpentier) Orpheus (1726, Telemann) Orfeo ed Euridice (1762, Gluck) discography L'anima del filosofo (1791, Haydn) Orpheus in the Underworld (1858, Offenbach) Orpheus und Eurydike (1921, Krenek) L'Orfeide (1925, Malipiero) Orpheus and Eurydice (1975, Zhurbin, rock opera) The Mask of Orpheus (1986, Birtwistle) The Second Mrs Kong (1994, Birtwistle) The Corridor (2009, Britwistle)

Musicals	Orpheus & Eurydice

Plays	Eurydice/Point of Departure (1941, Anouilh) Orfeu da Conceição (1956, de Moraes) Orpheus Descending (1957, Williams) Eurydice (2003, Ruhl)

Films	The Orphic Trilogy The Blood of a Poet (1930) Orphée (1950) Testament of Orpheus (1960) Black Orpheus (1959) Evrydiki BA 2O37 (1975) Parking (1985) Orfeu (1999)

Poetry	Sir Orfeo (c. late thirteenth century) The Tale of Orpheus and Erudices his Quene (c. 1480) Sonnets to Orpheus (1922) "Eurydice" (1999)

Novels	The Einstein Intersection (1967) Gravity's Rainbow (1973) The Medusa Frequency (1987) The Ground Beneath Her Feet (1999) Veniss Underground (2003)

Art	Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice

Albums	Reflections (1970) Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004) Metamorpheus (2005) Hadestown (2010) Orfeas (2010) Reflektor (2013)

Ballet	Orpheus (1948) Chaconne (1976)

Video games	The Battle of Olympus Don't Look Back

Related	The Gaze of Orpheus Orpheus Monument Orpheus no Mado Orphism

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