Name: Orphée aux enfers
Start: 1971-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
End: 1971-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Staatsoper

Organization

Direction d'orchestre

Marek Janowski

Chanteur

Soprano

Elisabeth Steiner

Eurydice

Baryton

Toni Blankenheim

Jupiter

Inga Meyer-Ahrens

Junon

Ténor

Peter Haage

Mercure

Basse

Franz Grundheber

Mars

Staatsoper Hamburg

Orphée aux enfers

Hambourg

Allemagne

Staatsoper

Orpheus in the Underworld represents a quantum leap in Offenbach’s operetta output, for it would have been unthinkable to have created a stage work of such opulence and extravagance in Paris prior to that time. Strict regulations dating from the era of Napoleon I assigned to each of the city’s theatres a specific dramatic genre and a proportionate number of employees and performers. For Offenbach this meant writing for no more than three actors on stage at any one time. He openly flouted the regulations, however, ingeniously increasing his dramatic possibilities by adding puppets to his cast list and conveying what he had to say by means of banners held up by mute actors.

Then suddenly on 3 March, 1858, the stranglehold of theatrical regulations was lifted. Having ridden the tide of public demand with over 30 reduced-cast one-act operettas, Offenbach could at last deploy on stage as many singers, dancers, choirs, ballerinas, extras, costumes and properties as he wanted. The date fixed for the premiere of Orpheus in the Underworld was 21 October, 1858.

For the performance at the Hamburg State Opera, as well as for the television production of Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, Liebermann chose three performers whose immense popularity in theatre and film history speaks volumes: Liselotte Pulver, Inge Meysel and Theo Lingen.

Public

Valide

Accordionist

Instrument

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da Gambist

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Acteur

Autre

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choeur

Chorus Director

Chorégraphie

Coach vocal

Coiffure

Compositeur

Costumes

Danse

Diffusion

Direction de choeur

Dramaturgie

Décors

En charge de la production

Extra

Illustrator

Livret

Lumières

Maquillage

Mise en scène

Orchestra Operations

Orchestre

Photographer

Poet

Prof

Répétiteur

Stage Manager

Traduction

Video

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Baryton-basse

Contralto

Mezzo-soprano

Contre-ténor

Alto

Continuo

Rôle muet

Rôle parlant

Voix d'enfant

Watch full performance here: Orphée aux enfers (1971)

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English

Orphée aux enfers by Offenbach, ven. 01 janv. 1971, Du (1971/1971), Chef d'orchestre Marek Janowski, Staatsoper, Hambourg, Allemagne

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