Metamorphosis of Narcissus

I first encountered the story of Narcissus in the prologue to "The Alchemist," a novel by the Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho. Many years later, I saw The Metamorphosis of Narcissus, a painting by Salvador Dali that captures Narcissus myth in eerie and haunting double imagery. These sources have inspired me to re-tell the story of Narcissus in a version of my own: a musical drama reflecting on the internal and psychological transformation of Narcissus, beginning with his obsessive self-infatuation, moving through his drowning in the pond that reflected his image, and ending with his rebirth as the narcissus flower.