Orpheus in the Underworld : opera in 2 acts and 4 scenes / music, Jacques Offenbach ; libretto, Hector Crémieux ; producer, Hugo Sledsens ; directed for television by Dirk Gryspeirt ; a ZDF/BRTN co-production in association with RM Associates.



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Stage director, Herbert Wernicke ; camera, Roland Roels ... [et al.] ; videotape editor, Herman Monteyne ; choreography, Andrew George, Sylvia Printemps. Alexandru Badea (Orpheus) ; Elizabeth Vidal (Eurydice) ; Dale Duesing (Jupiter) ; Reinaldo Macias (Pluto/Aristeus) ; André Jung (John Styx) ; Désirée Meiser (Public Opinion) ; Jacqueline van Quaille (Juno) ; Michele Patzakis (Venus) ; Marie-Noëlle de Callataÿ (Cupid) ; Sonja Theodoridou (Diana) ; Laurence Misonne (Minerva) ; Franck Cassard (Mercury) ; The Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Théâtre de la Monnaie ; Patrick Davin, conductor. Sung in French with English subtitles.

Title
Orpheus in the Underworld : opera in 2 acts and 4 scenes / music, Jacques Offenbach ; libretto, Hector Crémieux ; producer, Hugo Sledsens ; directed for television by Dirk Gryspeirt ; a ZDF/BRTN co-production in association with RM Associates.
Artist
Crémieux, Hector Jonathan, 1828-1892. Librettist.
Subjects
Language
French, English
Type
Video Recording
Abstract
Offenbach's burlesque on the Greek legend of Orpheus is the tale of a dissolute group of gods who, bored with the confines of Mount Olympus, decide to go slumming in Hades.
Year
2002
Original Publisher(s)
Digital Publisher(s)
Rights Statement
NTSC region 1.