Details

Orpheus' trip to the Underworld to recover Eurydice. First performed in 1858 and perhaps the first ever full-length classical operetta, this opera is perhaps most famous for the 'Can Can', or as it is properly called, 'The Infernal Gallop'. Sung in English

Cast/Performers

Frances NcCafferty (Public Opinion), Mary Hegarty (Eurydice), Jamie MacDougall (Orpheus), Alan Oke (Pluto), Eric Roberts (Jupiter), Margaret Preece (Diana)

Creatives/Company

Music: Offenbach
Lyrics(s): Ludivoc Halevy, Hector-Jonathan Cremieux
Company: Opera North
Director: Martin Duncan
Conductor: Wyn Davies
Design: Tim Hatley