Jacques Offenbach’s opera is an irreverent tackle the tragic story of Orpheus and Eurydice.
Orpheus within the Underworld/Orphée aux enfers is streamed by Slippedisc courtesy of OperaVision. Collectively together with his librettists Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy, Jacques Offenbach creates a beautiful array of characters from the heavens who discover themselves caught up in home antics.
Eurydice, the central determine, hates the music personified by her partner, Orpheus, a humble music instructor from Thebes. Aristaeus, a shepherd and divine seducer, is definitely Pluto himself disguised. Jupiter, father of the gods, is continually on the prowl for the women. Sure the goddesses and gods are weary of on a regular basis life on Olympus and are searching for diversions. Burning with curiosity concerning the stunning abductee and the competition between Jupiter and Pluto for the favour of Eurydice, the illustrious firm embarks on a hellish journey into the underworld, culminating in what might be essentially the most well-known can-can in music historical past. On this enchanting manufacturing from the Pageant d’Aix-en-Provence from 2009 with a younger solid from the European Academy of Music, director Yves Beaunesne transposes the motion to the Nineteen Forties and spreads it over the 4 flooring of a bourgeois residence. From the kitchen (Orpheus’ house) to the attic (the Underworld), by way of the eating room (Olympus) and the bed room (Pluto’s boudoir), he succeeds in teasing out all of the humour and class of Offenbach’s satirical masterpiece.
Pauline Courtin sings the position of Eurydice, Julien Behr as Orphée, Mathias Vidal as Aristée/ Pluton and Vincent Deliau as Jupiter.
