在这部奥菲欧剧情/音乐片中,森林中一对快乐的恋人，奥菲欧与尤莉狄茜，一直被爱神眷顾着，然而有一天命运女神前来告知奥菲欧，尤莉狄茜在树林中被毒蛇咬死，奥菲欧悲痛欲绝，决定独闯冥府，将尤莉狄茜带回人间。在冥河岸边，奥菲欧无法用歌声和里拉琴将摆渡人感动，最终摆渡人在歌声下睡着，奥菲欧渡过冥河，来到冥王冥后面前，恳请将他的爱人还给奥菲欧，冥后为奥菲欧真挚的歌声所感动，哀求冥王放回尤莉狄茜，冥王答应了冥后，但必须要奥菲欧答应不要回头看他的爱人，否则尤莉狄茜将永远不得返回人间。奥菲欧欣喜地将他的爱人带回，然而他内心的疑虑最终迫使他想回头确认尤莉狄茜是否跟在他的后面。这一看，招致了冥王的愤怒，将尤莉狄茜带回，命运依然没有眷顾奥菲欧。奥菲欧回到树林，悲痛欲绝，他的父亲从从天国来到奥菲欧身边，抚慰儿子的伤痛，最终将儿子一同带入了没有悲伤的天国。
Orpheus is a demigod, son of Apollo (god of Music) and Calliope, muse of Poetry and one of the nine muses, daughters of Jupiter and Mnemosyne, goddess of Memory. Orpheus has a talent for music and was able to enchant all beings, including stones, when he played his lyre or sang. Falling in love with the nymph Eurydice, he marries her but she dies suddenly, a snake bite. Tormented by pain, the young demigod decides to seek her soul in the Underworld. There, and after some incidents with the boatman Charon, who passes the souls of the dead across the River Lethe, he manages to convince Proserpina and her husband, Pluto, the god of the dead, to return to him the soul of Eurydice. However, one condition is established: Orpheus cannot look at her until their exit of the Underworld, or he will lose her forever. Orpheus agrees, but he will be unable to fulfill this rule and ends up loosing her near the end of the tunnel who lead to our world. Back in home, Orpheus is devastated by sorrow and...
