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'.

Creatives/Company

Music: Offenbach
Lyrics(s): Ludivoc Halevy, Hector-Jonathan Cremieux
Producer: Meriel Patrick
Company: Oxford University Gilbert and Sullivan Society
Translation: Jeremy Sams
Director: Simon Tavener
Conductor: Huw Thomas