Orphée aux Enfers

Here is an irreverent take on the tragic story of the lovers Orpheus and Eurydice. With his librettists Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy, Jacques Offenbach creates a wonderful array of characters from the heavens who find themselves caught up in domestic antics. In this enchanting production from the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence from 2009 with a young cast from the European Academy of Music, director Yves Beaunesne transposes the action to the 1940s and spreads it over the four floors of a bourgeois residence. From the kitchen (Orpheus' home) to the attic (the Underworld), via the dining room (Olympus) and the bedroom (Pluto's boudoir), he succeeds in teasing out all the humour and elegance of Offenbach’s satirical masterpiece.

Cast

Pauline Courtin Eurydice

Julien Behr Orphée Mathias Vidal Aristée / Pluton

Vincent Deliau Jupiter

Marie Gautrot L’Opinion Publique

Jérôme Billy John Styx

Paul Cremazy Mercure

Emmanuelle de Negri Cupidon

Soula Parassidis Diane

Marie Kalinine Vénus

Estelle Kaique Minerve

Sabine Revault d'Allonnes Junon

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