Orphée aux Enfers (2009)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 2009-07-14
Director: Yves Beaunesne
Top Cast
- Pauline Courtin as Eurydice
- Julien Behr as Orphée
- Mathias Vidal as Aristée / Pluton
- Vincent Deliau as Jupiter
- Marie Gautrot as L’Opinion Publique
- Jérôme Billy as John Styx
- Paul Cremazy as Mercure
- Emmanuelle de Negri as Cupidon
- Soula Parassidis as Diane
- Marie Kalinine as Vénus
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