Orphée aux Enfers - Salzburger Festspiele 2019

Offenbach’s mockery of bourgeois ideals, the sublimity of music and the institution of marriage ensures that the moralistic sermonizing of ‘Public Opinion’ falls on deaf ears. The mysterious figure of John Styx tells the story of behind-the-times Orpheus and his hacked-off Eurydice, of gods and goddesses seeking diversion, jaded with humdrum life in Olympus. He tells of the rebellion in the pantheon, which Jupiter adeptly averts by promising an amusement for his entourage. Burning with curiosity to see the beauteous captive and the contest between Jupiter and Pluto for Eurydice’s favour, the illustrious company embarks on an infernal ride to the underworld that culminates in what is surely the most wellknown can-can in the history of music. And what of Eurydice? She ends up putting a spoke in everyone’s wheel…

Cast

Anne Sofie von Otter L’Opinion publique Max Hopp John Styx Kathryn Lewek Eurydice

Joel Prieto Orphée

Marcel Beekman Aristée / Pluton Nadine Weissmann Cupidon Lea Desandre Vénus Martin Winkler Jupiter Frances Pappas Junon

Rafał Pawnuk Mars

Vasilisa Berzhanskaya Diane Peter Renz Mercure

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