Name: Orphée aux enfers
Start: 2023-02-11T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-05-28T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Stadttheater Bremerhaven

Organization

Conductor

Hartmut Brüsch

Stage director

Isabel Hindersin

Set designer

Dietlind Konold

Costume designer

Choreographer

Rosemary Neri-Calheiros

Chorus master

Mario Orlando El Fakih Hernández

Dramaturge

Markus Tatzig

Singer

Tenor

Andrew Irwin

Orpheus

Soprano

Victoria Kunze

Eurydice

Konstantinos Klironomos

Aristaeus / Pluto

Baritone

Marcin Hutek

Jupiter

Signe Heiberg

Diana

Lilian Giovanini

Venus

Mezzo-soprano

Sydney Gabbard

Cupid

Boshana Milkov

Public Opinion

Hans Neblung

John Styx

Elena Zehnoff

Juno

Bass

Róbert Tóth

Mars

Patrick Ruyters

Mercury

Mariagiovanna Fatima Bonavita

Ballet

Renan Carvalho

Volodymyr Fomenko

Yeojin Kim

Stefano Neri

Olivia Rose Sommer Mortensen

Ting-Yu Tsai

Ming-Hung Weng

Viola Zimmermann

Stadttheater Bremerhaven

Others

choir of the Bremerhaven City Theater

Orchestra

Bremerhaven Philharmonic Orchestra

Statisterie des Stadttheaters Bremerhaven

Ballet Company of the Bremerhaven City Theater

German

Orphée aux enfers -  (Orpheus in the Underworld)

Bremen

Germany

Grosses Haus

Orphée aux enfers Offenbach

Public

Orpheus in the Underworld

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

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 gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Contralto

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Dass der als Honighändler getarnte Gott der Unterwelt Pluto die schöne Eurydike der Erde entlockt, ist ihrem Mann Orpheus gar nicht so unrecht. Fühlt er sich nämlich gekränkt durch ihre mangelnde Begeisterung für seinen Musikgenius. Doch es kommt die personifizierte Öffentliche Meinung daher und macht ihn darauf aufmerksam, dass er um seine widerrechtlich abhanden gekommene Frau zu kämpfen hat. Andernfalls würde sie seinen Stand und sein Berufsleben vernichten. So begibt sich Orpheus zum Olymp. Jupiter hat allerdings selbst Interesse an der Schönen und auch daran, mit ihr seine himmlische Vormachtstellung gegenüber der Unterwelt zu demonstrieren.

Antiken heroischen Idealen steht eine dekadente Entladung bourgeoiser Gelüste entgegen. Es herrschen unbegrenzte Liebeslust, Trinkgelage und frivole Tänze. Ausgelassenheit und Stärke spiegeln sich auch in der Partitur und den virtuosen Soprankoloraturen von Eurydike wider. Mit Orpheus in der Unterwelt gelingt Jacques Offenbach der Durchbruch als Komponist sowie ein Modell musikalischer Mythentravestie, das im wohl bekanntesten Cancan der Musikgeschichte gipfelt.

Deutsch

The fact that the god of the underworld Pluto, disguised as a honey dealer, lures the beautiful Eurydice out of the earth is not entirely unfair to her husband Orpheus. He feels offended by her lack of enthusiasm for his musical genius. But the personified public opinion comes along and draws his attention to the fact that he has to fight for his illegally lost wife. Otherwise she would destroy his station and his professional life. Orpheus goes to Olympus. However, Jupiter himself has an interest in the beautiful and also in using her to demonstrate his celestial supremacy over the underworld.

A decadent discharge of bourgeois desires stands in contrast to the heroic ideals of antiquity. There are unlimited lust for love, drinking bouts and frivolous dances. Exuberance and strength are also reflected in the score and Eurydice's virtuoso soprano coloraturas. With Orpheus in the Underworld , Jacques Offenbach achieved his breakthrough as a composer and a model of musical myth travesty that culminates in what is probably the most famous cancan in music history.

English

Orpheus in the Underworld by Offenbach, Fri 17 Feb 2023, From (2023/2023), Directed by Isabel Hindersin,, Conductor Hartmut Brüsch, Stadttheater Bremerhaven, Bremen, Germany

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