Organization

Admin

Elbphilharmonie & Laeiszhalle Hamburg

Orchestra

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester

Others

NDR Vokalensemble

Conductor

Marc Minkowski

Lighting designer

Romain Gilbert

Stage director

Singer

Tenor

Marc Mauillon

Orpheus

Soprano

Tamara Bounazou

Eurydice

Mezzo-soprano

Aude Extrémo

Public Opinion

Éric Huchet

Aristaeus / Pluto

Baritone

Alexandre Duhamel

Jupiter

Adriana Bignagni Lesca

Juno

Alix Le Saux

Venus

Olivia Doray

Diana

Louise Pingeot

Minerva

Sahy Ratia

Mercury

Manon Lamaison

Cupid

Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke

John Styx

Bass

Christoph Liebold

Mars

Chorus master

Klaas-Jan de Groot

French

Offenbach: Orpheus in The Underworld

Hamburg

Germany

Elbphilharmonie

Grosser Saal

Offenbach: Orpheus in The Underworld: Orphée aux enfers Offenbach

Public

Orpheus in the Underworld

Simon Samuel

German

Approved

Even if rockets are shooting into the sky outside, the biggest fireworks display on New Year’s Eve doesn’t take place in front of the Elbphilharmonie, but inside. The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and Choir offer a programme of light music to see the old year out and the new one in. After the witty and sparkling performances of »Die Fledermaus« and »My Fair Lady« in the previous years, tonight’s concert features another operetta masterpiece, Offenbach’s »Orphée aux enfers«.

Jacques Offenbach’s satire of the Greek Orpheus legend was premiered in Paris in 1858, and soon took the world’s theatres by storm. No wonder: the story of the unhappy marriage of the singer-songwriter of the ancient world and his beloved Eurydice is not only hilarious – with numbers like the legendary »can-can of hell« it also contains some of the catchiest tunes in music history.

To this day, »Orpheus in the Underworld« remains one of the biggest stage hits of all time. In the Elbphilharmonie, Offenbach’s delightful score can be heard on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, with the French conductor Marc Minkowski leading the NDR ensembles and first-class soloists through three exhilarating evenings.

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