Orphée aux Enfers
6.3
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.
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Cast
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Alexandru Badea
Orphée
Elizabeth Vidal
Eurydice
Also in
Manon Lescaut
Jacques Offenbach
Hector Crémieux
Dirk Gryspiert
Dale Duesing
Jupiter
Also in
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Ludovic Halévy
Reinaldo Macias
Astrée-Pluton
Also in
Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Opernhaus Zurich)
Doktor Faust
Jules Barbier
Marie-Noëlle de Callataÿ
Cupidon
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Herbert Wernicke
Herbert Wernicke Director · Dirk Gryspiert Director Jules Barbier Writer
First release May 1, 1997 · Produced in Belgium · Production Arthaus Musik
Production
Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie
Production
Arthaus Musik
Production
Belgium
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Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Belgium · May 1, 1997
Theatrical · Live performance
No release date listed for United States.
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