Orphée aux enfers, whose title translates from the French as Orpheus in the Underworld, is an opéra bouffe (a form of operetta), or opéra féerie in its revised version. Its score was composed by Jacques Offenbach to a French text written by Ludovic Halévy and later revised by Hector-Jonathan Crémieux.
| Original Name | Orphée aux enfers |
| Librettist | Ludovic Halévy (Later text was revised by Hector-Jonathan Crémieux) |
| Date of composition | 1858 (Revised in 1874.) |
| Premiered | 1858, October 21st (Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens) in Paris, France |
| Type | Operetta |
| Approx. duration | 110 minutes |
| Spoken language | French |
| Instruments |
Voice (Tenor)
- Orphée (Orpheus), a musician
Voice (Soprano) - Eurydice, wife of Orphée Voice (Tenor) - Pluton (Pluto), god of the underworld, disguised as Aristée (Aristaeus), a farmer Voice (Soprano) - Cupidon (Cupid), god of love Voice (Soprano) - Diane (Diana), goddess of chastity Voice (Baritone) - ohn Styx, servant of Pluton, formerly king of Boeotia Voice (Tenor) - Junon (Juno), wife of Jupiter Voice (Baritone) - Jupiter, king of the gods Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - L'Opinion Publique (Public Opinion) Voice (Bass) - Mars, god of war Voice (Tenor) - Mercure (Mercury), messenger of the gods Voice (Soprano) - Minerve (Minerva), goddess of wisdom Voice (Tenor) - Morphée (Morpheus), god of sleep Voice (Contralto) - Vénus (Venus), goddess of beauty Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - Amour Narrator, Recitant, Speaker - Bacchus, god of wine Voice (Baritone) - Minos Voice (Tenor) - Éaque (Aeacus) Voice (Bass) - Rhadamante (Rhadamanthus) Chorus/Choir - Gods, goddesses, shepherds, shepherdesses, lictors and spirits in the underworld Orchestra |
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| Autotranslations beta |
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