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'.

Cast/Performers

Nicholas Sharratt (Orpheus), Jane Harrington (Eurydice), Maire Flavin (Public Opinion), Brendan Collins (Jupiter), Daire Halpin (Diana), Gavan Ring (Pluto / Aristaeus), Ross McInroy (John Styx / Mars), Marie Claire Breen (Venus / Cupid), Olivia Ray (Juno), Christopher Diffey (Mercury)

Creatives/Company

Music: Offenbach
Lyrics(s): Ludivoc Halevy, Hector-Jonathan Cremieux
Company(s): Scottish Opera, Northern Ireland Opera
Translation: Rory Bremner
Musical Director(s): Clare Haslin (piano), Ruth Wilkinson (piano)
Director: Oliver Mears
Design: Simon Holdsworth
Lighting: Giuseppe di Iorio
Choreographer: Anna Morrissey