Jacques Offenbach’s operetta Orphée aux enfers
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Jacques Offenbach’s operetta *Orphée aux enfers* is a satirical, comic reimagining of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth that famously lampoons classical mythology and Second Empire society, and introduced the popular “can-can” music.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Orphée aux enfers | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | operetta ⓘ |
| basedOn | Orpheus and Eurydice myth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Eurydice
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ L’Opinion publique NERFINISHED ⓘ Orphée NERFINISHED ⓘ Pluton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Jacques Offenbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCity | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1858-10-21 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
opéra bouffe
ⓘ
opéra bouffon ⓘ |
| hasPart | Galop infernal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
1858 two-act version
ⓘ
1874 four-act revision ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of French operetta
ⓘ
later can-can representations in popular culture ⓘ |
| introduced | can-can music ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| librettist |
Hector Crémieux
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ludovic Halévy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | French operetta tradition ⓘ |
| musicalForm | through-composed numbers with spoken dialogue ⓘ |
| notableFor |
political and social satire of the Second Empire
ⓘ
satirical treatment of Greek myth ⓘ use of the can-can as the Galop infernal ⓘ |
| numberOfActs |
2
ⓘ
4 (revised version) ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Orphée aux enfers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parodies |
Second French Empire society
ⓘ
classical mythology ⓘ |
| period | Romantic era ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Jacques Offenbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Choudens (for early editions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Hades
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Olympus NERFINISHED ⓘ Thrace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
comic
ⓘ
satirical ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
gods of Olympus behaving like bourgeois society
ⓘ
marital discord of Orpheus and Eurydice ⓘ |
| timeOfCreation | 1850s ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | Orpheus in the Underworld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workOf | Jacques Offenbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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