Orpheus in the Underworld

Overview

Offenbach's popular comic opera poking fun at Greek mythology in english translation, staged for television by Christopher Renshaw.

Director: Derek Bailey

Cast

Denis Quilley

Jupiter / Napoleon III

Christopher Gable

Mercury

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Lillian Watson

Eurydice

Alexander Oliver

Orpheus

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Emile Belcourt

Pluto

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Elizabeth Gale

Cupid

Isobel Buchanan

Diana

Felicity Palmer

Venus

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Pauline Tinsley

Public Opinion

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Bernard Dickerson

John Styx