Orphée aux Enfers
Overview
Orphée aux Enfers, Offenbach's riotous parody of the dissipations of French life in the Second Empire, fairly gallops past in this 1997 Herbert Wernicke production staged at the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels. Based on Offenbach's meatier second version (1874) of the Orpheus legend, it features nicely judged performances across the board and some stunning special effects, notably the explosive locomotive crash signalling the breach of the divide between Heaven and Hell. Satire reigns, not least in the reactionary figure of Public Opinion, a pinny-clad bossy boots with a hint of Dame Edna Everage about her. Olympus is a moribund salon full of bored Gods, sick of the Ambrosian diet.
Release date
01/05/1997
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Alexandru Badea
Orphée
Elizabeth Vidal
Eurydice
Dale Duesing
Jupiter
Reinaldo Macias
Astrée-Pluton
Marie-Noëlle de Callataÿ
Cupidon
André Jung
John Styx
Desirée Meiser
L'Opinion Publique
Laurence Misonne
Minerve
Michele Patzakis
Vénus
Sonja Theodoridou
Diane
Jacqueline van Quaille
Junon
Franck Cassard
Mercure
Original Soundtrack
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