Orphée aux Enfers
Here is an irreverent take on the tragic story of the lovers Orpheus and Eurydice. With his librettists Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy, Jacques Offenbach creates a wonderful array of characters from the heavens who find themselves caught up in domestic antics. In this enchanting production from the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence from 2009 with a young cast from the European Academy of Music, director Yves Beaunesne transposes the action to the 1940s and spreads it over the four floors of a bourgeois residence. From the kitchen (Orpheus' home) to the attic (the Underworld), via the dining room (Olympus) and the bedroom (Pluto's boudoir), he succeeds in teasing out all the humour and elegance of Offenbach’s satirical masterpiece.
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Cast
Pauline Courtin
Eurydice
Julien Behr
Orphée
Mathias Vidal
Aristée / Pluton
Vincent Deliau
Jupiter
Marie Gautrot
L’Opinion Publique
Jérôme Billy
John Styx
Paul Cremazy
Mercure
Emmanuelle de Negri
Cupidon
Soula Parassidis
Diane
Marie Kalinine
Vénus
Estelle Kaique
Minerve
Sabine Revault d'Allonnes
Junon
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