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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf operetta ⓘ
basedOn Orpheus and Eurydice myth ⓘ
character Eurydice ⓘ
Jupiter ⓘ
L’Opinion publique ⓘ
linked to: Le Cri du Peuple

Orphée ⓘ
Pluton ⓘ
linked to: Pluto
composer Jacques Offenbach ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
firstPerformanceCity Paris ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1858-10-21 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens ⓘ
genre opéra bouffe ⓘ
opéra bouffon ⓘ
hasPart Galop infernal ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Ludovic Halévy ⓘ
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 ⓘ
parodies Second French Empire society ⓘ
classical mythology ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
premiereConductor Jacques Offenbach ⓘ
publisher Choudens (for early editions) ⓘ
linked to: Choudens
setting Hades ⓘ
Olympus ⓘ
Thrace ⓘ
style comic ⓘ
satirical ⓘ
subjectMatter gods of Olympus behaving like bourgeois society ⓘ
marital discord of Orpheus and Eurydice ⓘ
timeOfCreation 1850s ⓘ
translatedTitle Orpheus in the Underworld ⓘ
workOf Jacques Offenbach ⓘ

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myth of Orpheus and Eurydice → notableAdaptation → Jacques Offenbach’s operetta Orphée aux enfers ⓘ