Orphée aux Enfers

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Orphée aux Enfers (2009)

Directed by Yves Beaunesne

Music

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

P
Pauline Courtin Eurydice
J
Julien Behr Orphée
M
Mathias Vidal Aristée / Pluton
V
Vincent Deliau Jupiter
M
Marie Gautrot L’Opinion Publique
J
Jérôme Billy John Styx
P
Paul Cremazy Mercure
E
Emmanuelle de Negri Cupidon
S
Soula Parassidis Diane
M
Marie Kalinine Vénus
E
Estelle Kaique Minerve
S
Sabine Revault d'Allonnes Junon

Crew

Director
Yves Beaunesne
Writer
Hector Crémieux, Ludovic Halévy
Original Music Composer
Jacques Offenbach

Details

Release date
2009-07-14
Genres
Music
Original language
FR
Production
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, OperaVision