Name: Orphée aux enfers
Start: 1971-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
End: 1971-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Staatsoper

Organization

Conductor

Marek Janowski

Singer

Soprano

Elisabeth Steiner

Eurydice

Baritone

Toni Blankenheim

Jupiter

Inga Meyer-Ahrens

Juno

Tenor

Peter Haage

Mercury

Bass

Franz Grundheber

Mars

Staatsoper Hamburg

Orphée aux enfers -  (Orpheus in the Underworld)

Hamburg

Germany

Staatsoper

Orpheus in the Underworld represents a quantum leap in Offenbach’s operetta output, for it would have been unthinkable to have created a stage work of such opulence and extravagance in Paris prior to that time. Strict regulations dating from the era of Napoleon I assigned to each of the city’s theatres a specific dramatic genre and a proportionate number of employees and performers. For Offenbach this meant writing for no more than three actors on stage at any one time. He openly flouted the regulations, however, ingeniously increasing his dramatic possibilities by adding puppets to his cast list and conveying what he had to say by means of banners held up by mute actors.

Then suddenly on 3 March, 1858, the stranglehold of theatrical regulations was lifted. Having ridden the tide of public demand with over 30 reduced-cast one-act operettas, Offenbach could at last deploy on stage as many singers, dancers, choirs, ballerinas, extras, costumes and properties as he wanted. The date fixed for the premiere of Orpheus in the Underworld was 21 October, 1858.

For the performance at the Hamburg State Opera, as well as for the television production of Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, Liebermann chose three performers whose immense popularity in theatre and film history speaks volumes: Liselotte Pulver, Inge Meysel and Theo Lingen.

Public

Orpheus in the Underworld

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Contralto

Bass-baritone

Mezzo-soprano

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Watch full performance here: Orphée aux enfers (1971)

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English

Orpheus in the Underworld by Offenbach, From (1971/1971), Conductor Marek Janowski, Staatsoper, Hamburg, Germany

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Cast

Programme, About & Synopsis

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Further reading

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