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A giddy dash into the inferno

Or­pheus in the Un­der­world

Jacques Offenbac
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Bored by her passionless marriage to the drab musician Orpheus, Eurydice prefers to amuse herself with Pluto, the lord of the underworld, and—quite unlike her mythological model—is more than happy to let herself be carried off to the realm of the dead. When Jupiter, the king of the gods, also learns of the beautiful mortal, a jocular competition for Eurydice’s favour ensues.
Act one – Scene 1

This is not how Orpheus and Eurydice imagined married life. Instead of gratifying reverence for his musical genius, Orpheus has to endure a violent denunciation of his »fiddle-playing« from his wife, for whom the sparkle of life at the side of a great artist has fizzled out into humdrum cohabitation with a vain teacher of the violin.
Comic opera in two acts and four scenes [1858/1874]
Libretto by Ludovic Halévy and Hector Crémieu
Part of the repertoire since 7 December 2021
A co-production with the Salzburg Festival and the Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Recommended from grade 9
German/French
2 hr 45 min incl. intermission
With Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, Barrie Kosky has definitely succeeded in creating a new audience favourite.
Berliner Morgenpost

Next dates and cast

Schillertheater – Großer Saal
Bismarckstraße 110
10625 Berlin
Wed
6. Dec 2023
19:00
Sun
10. Dec 2023
19:00
Mon
18. Dec 2023
19:00
Thu
21. Dec 2023
19:00
Tue
26. Dec 2023
19:00
Fri
29. Dec 2023
19:00
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