The answer is the metaphorical union of the real Helen (erstwhile wife, true lover, mother of Hermione, but also adulteress and partner of Paris) with the figurative Helen (spectral, alluring, an eternal trigger for jealousy and betrayal, the stolen “prize,” and the cycle of vengeance and war).

From New York to Berlin, a swell of tribute to America's greatest twentieth-century composer, Charles Ives

Saint-Saëns Henri VIII A truly "Grand Opera" replete with faux-Renaissance melodies and royal splendor.