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Jacques Offenbach

Orpheus in the Underworld

Musical comedy with the famous cancan

Jacques Offenbach

Orpheus in the Underworld

The premiere

17 / 05 / 2024
Description

"Orpheus in the Underworld" by Jacques Offenbach is one of the most famous and funniest operettas of all time.
In this crazy musical parody, everything is upside down and the story is different than in the myth original. There is intrigue, jokes, irony and a lot of comic, frivolous events, including the unforgettable "hell gallop" from Act II – the famous cancan.

In the production of Opera at the Castle the ancient world will be replaced by the world of media – television, film and Internet productions. The action will take place among actors, celebrities and pop culture stars. Olympus will become a big TV show, Earth will become a para-documentary series, Hell will become a low-budget horror film. The stage will be a film studio, and the audience will be an observer of the "live vision" displayed on the big screen...


 

Projekt plakatu: Wojciech Stefaniak

About the show

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Orpheus in the Underworld
Operetta in two acts
Libretto: Ludovic Halévy and Hector Crémieux
The world premiere: Oct 21, 1858, Bouffes Parisiens, Paris  
The Polish premiere: Feb 19, 1862, Warsaw

Theatre staff
Direction Jerzy Jan Połoński
Music director Jerzy Wołosiuk
Costume design Anna Chadaj
Scenography Wojciech Stefaniak
Choreography Karol Drozd
Light direction Katarzyna Łuszczyk
Multimedia Karolina Jacewicz
Choir preparation Małgorzata Bornowska
Music cooperation Ewelina Rożek-Jaworska