Jacques Offenbach’s operetta Orphée aux enfers

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Jacques Offenbach’s operetta *Orphée aux enfers* is a satirical, comic reimagining of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth that famously lampoons classical mythology and Second Empire society, and introduced the popular “can-can” music.

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instanceOf operetta
basedOn Orpheus and Eurydice myth
character Eurydice
Jupiter
L’Opinion publique
linked to: Le Cri du Peuple

Orphée
Pluton
linked to: Pluto
composer Jacques Offenbach
countryOfOrigin France
firstPerformanceCity Paris
firstPerformanceDate 1858-10-21
firstPerformancePlace Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
genre opéra bouffe
opéra bouffon
hasPart Galop infernal
hasVersion 1858 two-act version
1874 four-act revision
influenced development of French operetta
later can-can representations in popular culture
introduced can-can music
language French
librettist Hector Crémieux
Ludovic Halévy
movement French operetta tradition
musicalForm through-composed numbers with spoken dialogue
notableFor political and social satire of the Second Empire
satirical treatment of Greek myth
use of the can-can as the Galop infernal
numberOfActs 2
4 (revised version)
originalTitle Orphée aux enfers
parodies Second French Empire society
classical mythology
period Romantic era
premiereConductor Jacques Offenbach
publisher Choudens (for early editions)
linked to: Choudens
setting Hades
Olympus
Thrace
style comic
satirical
subjectMatter gods of Olympus behaving like bourgeois society
marital discord of Orpheus and Eurydice
timeOfCreation 1850s
translatedTitle Orpheus in the Underworld
workOf Jacques Offenbach

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myth of Orpheus and Eurydice notableAdaptation Jacques Offenbach’s operetta Orphée aux enfers