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Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Offenbach_Orpheus_in_the_Underworld
GPTKB entity
Statements (41)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn
Orpheus myth
gptkbp:character
gptkb:Jupiter
gptkb:Mercury
gptkb:Pluto
gptkb:Orpheus
gptkb:Cupid
gptkb:Eurydice
gptkb:Public_Opinion
gptkbp:composer
gptkb:Jacques_Offenbach
gptkbp:duration
approximately 2.5 hours (revised version)
gptkbp:firstPerformanceType
gptkb:opéra_bouffon
gptkbp:genre
gptkb:opéra_bouffon
opéra féerie
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld
gptkbp:influenced
operetta genre
gptkbp:language
gptkb:French
gptkbp:librettist
gptkb:Ludovic_Halévy
gptkb:Hector_Crémieux
gptkbp:notableAdaptation
film adaptations
stage revivals
gptkbp:notableAria
gptkb:Viens_aux_enfers
gptkb:Galop_Infernal
gptkbp:notableFeature
origin of the famous can-can
satirical treatment of Greek mythology
gptkbp:notableProduction
gptkb:English_National_Opera,_1985
gptkb:Salzburg_Festival,_2019
gptkbp:notableRecording
Decca, 1988, conducted by Marc Minkowski
EMI Classics, 1978, conducted by Michel Plasson
gptkbp:orchestration
orchestra, chorus, soloists
gptkbp:premiereDate
1858-10-21
gptkbp:premiereLocation
Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, Paris
gptkbp:publisher
gptkb:E._Heu
gptkbp:revisedVersionDate
1874
gptkbp:revisedVersionLocation
gptkb:Théâtre_de_la_Gaîté,_Paris
gptkbp:setting
gptkb:Underworld
Ancient Greece
gptkbp:structure
2 acts (original)
4 acts (revised)
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Vienna_Philharmonic_Orchestra
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6