Greek mythology purists may not immediately recognize Amber Gray’s take on Persephone. She plays the wife of Hades, God of the Underworld, in the Tony-nominated musical “Hadestown,” bringing ...

Persephone’s score ranks with Stravinsky’s most tautly constructed music—in his best neoclassic style—but as a stage piece, the work has never caught on. Last week in London.

Persephone stands for the bittersweet cycle of life, in which regeneration and decay are twinned forces. The myth also has a dual message when it comes to gender roles.