Orphée aux Enfers - Salzburger Festspiele 2019

The story

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

A Anne Sofie von OtterL’Opinion publique M Max HoppJohn Styx K Kathryn LewekEurydice J Joel PrietoOrphée M Marcel BeekmanAristée / Pluton N Nadine WeissmannCupidon L Lea DesandreVénus M Martin WinklerJupiter F Frances PappasJunon R Rafał PawnukMars V Vasilisa BerzhanskayaDiane P Peter RenzMercure

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S Silvano MarraffaDance Captain A Alessandra BizzarriDancer M Martina BorroniDancer K Kai BraithwaiteDancer D Damian CzarneckiDancer S Shane DicksonDancer M Michael FernandezDancer C Claudia GrecoDancer M Merry HoldenDancer D Daniel OjedaDancer M Marcell PretDancer T Tara RandellDancer L Lorenzo SoragniDancer