Orphée aux enfers

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Orphée aux enfers is a satirical operetta by Jacques Offenbach, with a libretto by Ludovic Halévy and Hector Crémieux, that parodies the Orpheus myth and is famous for its exuberant "can-can" music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf operetta
opéra bouffon
basedOn Orpheus myth
character Eurydice
Jupiter
L’Opinion publique
linked to: Die Presse

Orphée
Pluton
composer Jacques Offenbach
countryOfOrigin France
firstPerformanceDate 1858-10-21
firstPerformancePlace Paris
firstPerformanceTheatre Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
genre operetta
satire
hasMusicalNumber Galop infernal
Overture
“Aux armes, dieux et demi-dieux”
“Quand l’homme a vu sans espérance”
hasVersion 1858 original version
1874 revised version
influenced development of French operetta
popular image of the can-can
language French
librettist Hector Crémieux
Ludovic Halévy
movement French operetta
musicalStyle opéra bouffe
notableFor exuberant can-can music
parody of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice conventions
satirical treatment of gods
notableMusic Galop infernal
orchestration orchestra and voices
originalTitle Orphée aux enfers
parodies Orpheus and Eurydice story
classical mythology
popularName Can-can
linked to: French can-can
premiereCity Paris
publisher Choudens
setting Ancient Greece
linked to: Greek Antiquity

Olympus
Underworld
structure four acts (revised version)
two acts (original version)
subjectMatter marital discord of Orpheus and Eurydice
timePeriod Second French Empire
workTitleInEnglish Orpheus in the Underworld

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Ludovic Halévy notableWork Orphée aux enfers
Ludovic Halévy wroteLibrettoFor Orphée aux enfers
Orphée aux enfers originalTitle Orphée aux enfers
Orphée aux enfers originalTitle Orphée aux enfers
Théâtre Lyrique notableProduction Orphée aux enfers (Jacques Offenbach)
linked to: Orphée aux enfers