Orpheus in the Underworld West End in 1911 - Orpheus in the Underworld A Gallic version of the legend of Orpheus’s pursuit of his wife Eurydice after she is kidnapped by Pluto and brought to Hades.

In the myth of Orpheus, the demigod’s bride, Eurydice, dies of a snakebite; he goes to Hades to persuade the god of the underworld, through the power of his music, to return her. Pluto instructs that ...

Best known for its high-kicking can-can, Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld – just over 150 years old – was originally a scurrilous political satire, in the same way as Gilbert and Sullivan tore ...

The first of two performances from the Grand Teton Music Festival. We feature David Lockington conduct the Festival Orchestra in the "Orpheus in the Underworld" Overture, by Jacques Offenbach.