Orpheus in the underworld : opera in 2 acts and 4 scenes / music, Jacques Offenbach ; libretto, Hector Crémieux ; producer, Hugo Sledsens ; directed for television by Dirk Gryspeirt ; a ZDF/BRTN co-production in association with RM Associates.
| Format | Video (DVD) |
| Publication Info | [London?] : RM Associates ; Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment, [2002], ©1997. |
| Description | 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Crémieux, Hector-Jonathan, 1828-1892 librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Sledsens, Hugo producer. |
| Other author/creator | Wernicke, Herbert director. |
| Other author/creator | Gryspeirt, Dirk director. |
| Other author/creator | Badea, Alexandru singer. |
| Other author/creator | Vidal, Elisabeth, singer. |
| Other author/creator | Duesing, Dale singer. |
| Other author/creator | Macias, Reinaldo singer. |
| Other author/creator | Jung, André, singer. |
| Other author/creator | Meiser, Désirée singer. |
| Other author/creator | Quaille, Jacqueline Van singer. |
| Other author/creator | Patzakis, Michele singer. |
| Other author/creator | Callataÿ, Marie-Noëlle de singer. |
| Other author/creator | Theodōridou, Sonia singer. |
| Other author/creator | Misonne, Laurence singer. |
| Other author/creator | Cassard, Franck singer. |
| Other author/creator | Davin, Patrick, 1962-2020 conductor. |
| Included Work | Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. Orphée aux enfers. |
| Other author/creator | Théâtre royal de la Monnaie, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen producer. |
| Other author/creator | Radiodiffusion télévision belge producer. |
| Other author/creator | Reiner Moritz Associates, producer, publisher. |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Access restriction | Joyner- NTSC region 1. |
| Credits | Stage director, Herbert Wernicke ; camera, Roland Roels ... [et al.] ; videotape editor, Herman Monteyne ; choreography, Andrew George, Sylvia Printemps. |
| Performer | Alexandru Badea (Orpheus) ; Elizabeth Vidal (Eurydice) ; Dale Duesing (Jupiter) ; Reinaldo Macias (Pluto/Aristeus) ; André Jung (John Styx) ; Désirée Meiser (Public Opinion) ; Jacqueline van Quaille (Juno) ; Michele Patzakis (Venus) ; Marie-Noëlle de Callataÿ (Cupid) ; Sonja Theodoridou (Diana) ; Laurence Misonne (Minerva) ; Franck Cassard (Mercury) ; The Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Théâtre de la Monnaie ; Patrick Davin, conductor. |
| Technical details | DVD, Dolby digital stereo, presented in a 1:78:1 widescreen aspect ratio, enhanced for 16:9 TVs. |
| Language | Sung in French with English subtitles. |
| UPC | 014381930528 |
| Publisher number | ID9305RADVD Image Entertainment |