Orphée aux Enfers - Salzburger Festspiele 2019

Overview

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…

Director: Michael Beyer

Cast

Anne Sofie von Otter

L’Opinion publique

Max Hopp

John Styx

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Kathryn Lewek

Eurydice

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Joel Prieto

Orphée

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Marcel Beekman

Aristée / Pluton

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Nadine Weissmann

Cupidon

Lea Desandre

Vénus

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Martin Winkler

Jupiter

Frances Pappas

Junon

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Rafał Pawnuk

Mars