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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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jacques Offenbach’s operetta Orphée aux enfers canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Jacques Offenbach’s operetta Orphée aux enfers Context triple: [myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, notableAdaptation, Jacques Offenbach’s operetta Orphée aux enfers]
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Gounod’s Faust (Paris version)
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Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots
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Meyerbeer’s L’Africaine
Meyerbeer’s L’Africaine is a grand opera in five acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer, renowned for its exotic setting, complex vocal writing, and status as one of the last great works of French grand opera.
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Auber
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Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète
Meyerbeer’s *Le Prophète* is a grand French opera in five acts, first performed in 1849, renowned for its large-scale choral scenes, innovative orchestration, and dramatic portrayal of religious fanaticism and political upheaval.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Jacques Offenbach’s operetta Orphée aux enfers Target entity description: 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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A.
Gounod’s Faust (Paris version)
Gounod’s Faust (Paris version) is the revised French grand opera adaptation of Goethe’s Faust that became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the 19th-century operatic repertoire.
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B.
Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots
Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots is a grand opera in five acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer, renowned for its spectacular staging, demanding vocal writing, and depiction of religious conflict during the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
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C.
Meyerbeer’s L’Africaine
Meyerbeer’s L’Africaine is a grand opera in five acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer, renowned for its exotic setting, complex vocal writing, and status as one of the last great works of French grand opera.
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D.
Auber
Auber is a major underground RER and metro station in central Paris, located near the Opéra Garnier and serving as a key hub in the city’s transit network.
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E.
Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète
Meyerbeer’s *Le Prophète* is a grand French opera in five acts, first performed in 1849, renowned for its large-scale choral scenes, innovative orchestration, and dramatic portrayal of religious fanaticism and political upheaval.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | operetta ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Orpheus and Eurydice myth
ⓘ
linked to:
myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
|
| 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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