OFFENBACH: Orphee aux enfers (live aus La Monnaie/De Munt Brüssel, 1997) [DVD]DVD
Live from La Monnaie / De Munt Brussels, 1997 Eurydice Elizabeth Vidal Orpheus Alexandru Badea Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of La Monnaie / De Munt Conductor Patrick Davin Stage Director Herbert Wernicke This finely-focused and witty production of Jacques Offenbach's Orphée aux Enfers with sets, costumes, lighting and effects by director Herbert Wernicke is a visual and musical delight. The burlesque conducted by Patrick Davin is situated at a famous fin de siècle café and in an stupendous coup de théâtre the ensemble makes their entry into Hell in a steam locomotive, which crashes through the ceiling. Elizabeth Vidal and Alexandru Badea in the main roles are supported energetically by the Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of La Monnaie / De Munt and Offenbach's famous "can-can" is, as ever, an intoxicating high spot. In Offenbach's light and elegant comedy on the Greek legend of Orpheus a veiled satire on Napoleon I I I's régime a dissolute bunch of gods, bored with the cushioned confines of Mount Olympus, is in a rebellious mood. They are delighted to go slumming in Hell with the duplicitous Jupiter, who agrees personally to return Eurydice (now Pluto's lover) to her reluctant (and unfaithful) husband, hoping that, in the process, she will succumb to his charms. Sound Format: P C M Stereo Picture Format: 16:9 D V D Format: D V D 9 N T S C Subtitle Languages: F R ( Original Language), G B, D E, E S Running Time: 120 mins F S K: 0
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