Orpheus in der Unterwelt / Jacques Offenbach.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880, composer.

Crémieux, Hector-Jonathan, 1828-1892, librettist.

Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908, librettist.

Friedrich, Götz, librettist, stage director.

Woitkewitsch, Thomas, librettist.

Grobe, Donald, performer.

Migenes-Johnson, Julia, performer.

Seefried, Mona, performer.

Beirer, Hans, performer.

Varnay, Astrid, performer.

Shirley, George, performer.

Lohner, Helmut, performer.

Martin, Janis, performer.

Bernard, Annabelle, performer.

Malone, Carol, 1943- performer.

Maus, Peter, performer.

Röhrl, Manfred, 1935- performer.

López-Cobos, Jesús, conductor.

Reinhardt, Andreas, 1937-2007, set designer, costume designer.

Hagen-Groll, Walter, contributor.

Sertić, Ivan, choreographer.

Large, Brian, director.

Deutsche Oper Berlin, performer.

Arthaus Musik (Firm), distributor.

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Eurydice (Greek mythological character).

Orpheus (Greek mythological character).

Operas.

Orpheus (Greek mythological character)--Drama.

Orpheus.

Eurydice (Greek mythological character)--Drama.

Eurydice.

Genre:

Operas.

Drama.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Halle/Saale] : Arthaus, [2013]

Language Note:

Sung and spoken principally in German; the role of Pluto/Aristeus sung and spoken principally in French; with optional English and German subtitles.

System Details:

digital optical PCM stereo

DVD video NTSC

video file DVD video region 0

Participant:

Donald Grobe (Orpheus) ; Julia Migenes Johnson (Eurydike) ; Mona Seefried (die Öffentliche Meinung) ; Hans Beirer (Jupiter) ; Astrid Varnay (Juno) ; George Shrley (Aristeus/Pluto) ; Helmuth Lohner (Hans Styx) ; Janis Martin (Diana) ; Annabelle Bernard (Venus) ; Carol Malone (Cupido) ; Perter Maus (Merkur) ; Manfred Röhrl (Mars) ; supporting soloists ; Chorus, Orchestra, and Ballet of the Deutsche Oper Berlin ; Jesús López Cobos, conductor.

Credits:

Stage director, Götz Friedrich ; stage and costume designer, Andreas Reinhardt ; chorus master, Walter Hagen-Groll ; choreographer, Ivan Sertić; video director, Brian Large.

Notes:

Burlesque opera in three acts.

Title from disc label.

Libretto by Hector Crémieux with additional lyrics by Ludovic Halévy; new version by Götz Friedrich and Thomas Woikewitsch.

Recorded in performance 1984 January 1, Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Bonus features: Intermission interviews with the cast, Gö̈tz Friedrich and Jesús López Cobos.

Program notes in English and German (27 pages) in container.

Contains:

Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. Orphée aux enfers. German.

OCLC:

854864814

Publisher Number:

807280167993

101 679 Arthaus