Patrick Davin, Symphony Orchestra of the Théâtre de la Monnaie - Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers (2002/1997)
Patrick Davin, Symphony Orchestra of the Théâtre de la Monnaie - Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers (2002/1997)
PAL 16:9 (720x576) | Français (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | 7,30 Gb (DVD9) | 120 min
Classical | Arthaus Musik | Sub: Francais, English, Deutsch, Espanol
PAL 16:9 (720x576) | Français (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | 7,30 Gb (DVD9) | 120 min
Classical | Arthaus Musik | Sub: Francais, English, Deutsch, Espanol
This finely-focused and witty production of Jacques Offenbach’s Orphée aux Enfers with sets, costumes and lighting by the director Herbert Wernicke, is a visual and musical delight. The burlesque – conducted by Patrick Davin – is situated in a famous fin de siècle café and with a stupendous coup de théâtre the ensemble makes its entry into hell in a steam locomotive, which crashes through the ceiling. Elizabeth Vidal and Alexandru Badea in the main roles are supported energetically by the La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and Offenbach’s famous “can-can” is, as ever, an intoxicating highlight. In Offenbach’s light and elegant comedy based on the Greek legend of Orpheus – a veiled satire on Napoleon III’s régime – a dissolute bunch of gods, bored with the cushioned confines of Mount Olympus, are in a rebellious mood. They are delighted to go slumming in Hell with the duplicitous Jupiter, who agrees personally to return Eurydice (now Pluto’s lover) to her reluctant (and unfaithful) husband, hoping that, in the process, she will succumb to his charms.
Cast:
Orpheus - Alexandru Badea
Eurydice - Elizabeth Vidal
Jupiter - Dale Duesing
Pluto / Artisteus - Reinaldo Macias
John Styx - André Jung
Public Opinion - Désirée Meiser
Juno - Jacqueline van Quaille
Venus - Michele Patzakis
Cupid - Marie-Noëlle de Callataÿ
Diana - Sonja Theodoriou
Minerva - Laurence Misonne
Mercury - Franck Cassard
Cerberus - Thomas Stache
Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of the Théâtre de la Monnaie
Сonductor - Patrick Davin
Patrick Davin, Symphony Orchestra of the Théâtre de la Monnaie - Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers (2002/1997)
Patrick Davin, Symphony Orchestra of the Théâtre de la Monnaie - Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers (2002/1997)
Patrick Davin, Symphony Orchestra of the Théâtre de la Monnaie - Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers (2002/1997)
Patrick Davin, Symphony Orchestra of the Théâtre de la Monnaie - Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers (2002/1997)
Patrick Davin, Symphony Orchestra of the Théâtre de la Monnaie - Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers (2002/1997)
