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Overture (arr. Carl Binder) 00:00-07:50Act I I. Eurydice Couplet 07:50-10:50II. Concerto Duet 10:50-17:15IIII. Aristaeus' Song 17:15-20:10IV. Invocation to D...
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Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld) is an opéra bouffon (a form of operetta), or opéra féerie in its revised version, by Jacques Offenbach. The French text was written by Ludovic Halévy and later revised by Hector-Jonathan Crémieux. The work, first performed in 1858, is said to be the first classical full-length operetta.
The Graces we don’t forget As in a row they dance, Tripping the light fantastic Under the ring around the moon. Oh the moon, oh the moon, oh the moon of May! Hear the coo coo coo of the shy turtle dove, Making love! And the song of Apollo, His fingers on the lyre, Creating golden sound.
