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Orphée aux Enfers

05/01/1997

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2hrs 0min

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STORY

Orphée aux Enfers, Offenbach's riotous parody of the dissipations of French life in the Second Empire, fairly gallops past in this 1997 Herbert Wernicke production staged at the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels. Based on Offenbach's meatier second version (1874) of the Orpheus legend, it features nicely judged performances across the board and some stunning special effects, notably the explosive locomotive crash signalling the breach of the divide between Heaven and Hell. Satire reigns, not least in the reactionary figure of Public Opinion, a pinny-clad bossy boots with a hint of Dame Edna Everage about her. Olympus is a moribund salon full of bored Gods, sick of the Ambrosian diet.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Alexandru Badea
  • Elizabeth Vidal
  • Dale Duesing
  • Reinaldo Macias
  • Marie-Noëlle de Callataÿ

    Directors

  • Herbert Wernicke
  • Dirk Gryspiert

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie
  • Arthaus Musik

    Production Countries

  • Belgium

LANGUAGES

  • French

Cast

Alexandru Badea

Orphée

Elizabeth Vidal

Eurydice

Dale Duesing

Jupiter

Reinaldo Macias

Astrée-Pluton

Marie-Noëlle de Callataÿ

Cupidon

André Jung

John Styx

Desirée Meiser

L'Opinion Publique

Laurence Misonne

Minerve

Michele Patzakis

Vénus

Sonja Theodoridou

Diane