Orphée aux Enfers

Orphée aux Enfers (2009)

Music

Here is an irreverent take on the tragic story of the lovers Orpheus and Eurydice. With his librettists Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy, Jacques Offenbach creates a wonderful array of characters from the heavens who find themselves caught up in domestic antics. In this enchanting production from the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence from 2009 with a young cast from the European Academy of Music, director Yves Beaunesne transposes the action to the 1940s and spreads it over the four floors of a bourgeois residence. From the kitchen (Orpheus' home) to the attic (the Underworld), via the dining room (Olympus) and the bedroom (Pluto's boudoir), he succeeds in teasing out all the humour and elegance of Offenbach’s satirical masterpiece.

Director: Yves Beaunesne

Casts

	Pauline Courtin as Eurydice
	Julien Behr as Orphée
	Mathias Vidal as Aristée / Pluton
	Vincent Deliau as Jupiter
	Marie Gautrot as L’Opinion Publique
	Jérôme Billy as John Styx
	Paul Cremazy as Mercure
	Emmanuelle de Negri as Cupidon
	Soula Parassidis as Diane
	Marie Kalinine as Vénus
	Estelle Kaique as Minerve
	Sabine Revault d'Allonnes as Junon

Crew