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Orpheus in the Underworld and Orpheus in Hell are English names for Orphée aux enfers (French: [ɔʁfe oz‿ɑ̃fɛʁ]), a comic opera with music by Jacques Offenbach and words by Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy.
Orpheus in the Underworld, comic operetta by French composer Jacques Offenbach (French libretto by Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy), a satirical treatment of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus. It premiered on October 21, 1858, at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris.
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Genre Categories. Operas bouffes; Theatrical Works; Operas; [ 19 more...] Related Works. Pieces based on 'Orphée aux enfers'. Overture to Offenbach's opera 'Orphée aux Enfers' by Carl Binder.
Offenbach’s operetta is a satire of the famous Orpheus myth and features the popular ‘Can-can’. The reluctant Orpheus can rescue Eurydice from the underworld, on the condition he does not turn to look back at her.
Offenbach celebrated by writing his first full-length operetta, Orpheus in the Underworld (Orphée aux enfers), which mocked both Gluck’s opera based on the same myth (a composer who was favoured by the elite) and the Second French Empire.
