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

Jeni Bern (Eurydice), Benjamin Segal (Orpheus), Daniel Broad (Pluto), Ian Caddy (Jupiter), Nuala Willis (Public Opinion), Oliver White (Mercury), John Lofthouse (John Styx), Nicola Stonehouse (Diana), Jane Harrington (Cupid), Verity Parker (Venus), Louise Crane (Minerva), Jill Pert (Juno), Maciek O'Shea (Mars)

Creatives/Company

Music: Offenbach
Lyrics(s): Ludivoc Halevy, Hector-Jonathan Cremieux
Producer: Holland Park
Translation: Jeremy Sames
Conductor: John Owen Edwards
Director: Tom Hawkes
Design: Peter Rice
Choreographer: Jenny Weston