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.
Description1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorCrémieux, Hector-Jonathan, 1828-1892 librettist.
Other author/creatorSledsens, Hugo producer.
Other author/creatorWernicke, Herbert director.
Other author/creatorGryspeirt, Dirk director.
Other author/creatorBadea, Alexandru singer.
Other author/creatorVidal, Elisabeth, singer.
Other author/creatorDuesing, Dale singer.
Other author/creatorMacias, Reinaldo singer.
Other author/creatorJung, André, singer.
Other author/creatorMeiser, Désirée singer.
Other author/creatorQuaille, Jacqueline Van singer.
Other author/creatorPatzakis, Michele singer.
Other author/creatorCallataÿ, Marie-Noëlle de singer.
Other author/creatorTheodōridou, Sonia singer.
Other author/creatorMisonne, Laurence singer.
Other author/creatorCassard, Franck singer.
Other author/creatorDavin, Patrick, 1962-2020 conductor.
Included WorkOffenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. Orphée aux enfers.
Other author/creatorThéâtre royal de la Monnaie, performer.
Other author/creatorZweites Deutsches Fernsehen producer.
Other author/creatorRadiodiffusion télévision belge producer.
Other author/creatorReiner 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 restrictionJoyner- NTSC region 1.
CreditsStage 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 detailsDVD, Dolby digital stereo, presented in a 1:78:1 widescreen aspect ratio, enhanced for 16:9 TVs.
LanguageSung in French with English subtitles.
UPC 014381930528
Publisher numberID9305RADVD Image Entertainment