Orpheus in the Underworld

1h 58m

Comedy Music

8

Offenbach's popular comic opera poking fun at Greek mythology in english translation, staged for television by Christopher Renshaw.

Cast

Denis Quilley

Jupiter / Napoleon III

Christopher Gable

Mercury

Lillian Watson

Eurydice

Alexander Oliver

Orpheus

Emile Belcourt

Pluto

Elizabeth Gale

Cupid

Isobel Buchanan

Diana

Felicity Palmer

Venus

Pauline Tinsley

Public Opinion

Bernard Dickerson

John Styx

John Fryatt

Mars

Honor Blackman

Juno / Empress Eugnie

Crew

Derek Bailey

Director

Judith de Paul

Producer

Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Musician

Jacques Offenbach

Music

Alexander Faris

Translator, Conductor

Christopher Renshaw

Translator, Stage Director