Orpheus in the Underworld : opera in 2 acts and 4 scenes / music, Jacques Offenbach ; libretto, Hector Crémieux ; directed for the stage by Herbert Wernicke ; producer, Hugo Sledsens ; directed for television by Dirk Gryspeirt ; from the Téâtre de la Monnaie Brussels ; a ZDF/BRTN co-production in association with RM Associates.

Offenbach's burlesque on the Greek legend of Orpheus is the tale of a dissolute group of gods who, bored with the confines of Mount Olympus, decide to go slumming in Hades.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors:	Théâtre royal de la Monnaie (Performer) Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen Radiodiffusion télévision belge Reiner Moritz Associates Image Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors:	Crémieux, Hector-Jonathan, 1828-1892 (Librettist) Wernicke, Herbert (Stage director, Costume designer, Lighting designer, stage designer,) Sledsens, Hugo (Producer) Gryspeirt, Dirk (Television director) Badea, Alexandru (Singer) Vidal, Elizabeth, 1961- (Singer) Duesing, Dale (Singer) Macias, Reinaldo (Singer) Jung, André (Singer) Meiser, Désirée (Singer) Quaille, Jacqueline van (Singer) Patzakis, Michele (Singer) Callataÿ, Marie-Noëlle de (Singer) Theodoridou, Sonia (Singer) Misonne, Laurence (Singer) Cassard, Franck (Singer) Stache, Thomas (Performer) Printemps, Sylvia (Performer) Cornelis, Caroline (Performer) Monteau, Pascale (Performer) Davin, Patrick, 1962- (Conductor) Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880
Language:	French English
Language of the Original:	French
Language and/or Writing System:	Sung in French with optional English subtitles.
Published:	[London?] : RM Associates, [2002]
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Operas. Orpheus > (Greek mythological character) > Drama. Gods, Greek > Drama. Nonfiction television programs. Cultural television programs. Television programs > Belgium. Drama. Orpheus > (Greek mythological character) Gods, Greek.
Genre:	Drama. Operas. Nonfiction television programs. Cultural television programs. Television programs
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

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