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Poster for Paris revival, 1878. Orpheus in the Underworld [1] and Orpheus in Hell [2] are English names for Orphée aux enfers (French: [ɔʁfe oz‿ɑ̃fɛʁ]), a comic opera with music by Jacques Offenbach and words by Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy.
"From the Underworld" is a single by the English rock band the Herd, released in August 1967. Written by the band's managers Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley , the song's lyrics are based on the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice .
Bolan has described the song as a "Bolonic revision of Orpheus descending". [2] He told Record Mirror in 1977, "'Dandy in the Underworld' is a retelling of the old story where Orpheus goes into the underworld and then returns to the light. That's been true of my life sometimes."
In 1858 Offenbach produced his first full-length operetta, Orphée aux enfers ("Orpheus in the Underworld"), with its celebrated can-can; the work was exceptionally well received and has remained his most played. During the 1860s, he produced at least eighteen full-length operettas, as well as more one-act pieces.
He wrote organ symphonies, piano concerti, a cello concerto, three string quartets, a one-act opera, works for organ, piano and violin, a symphonic poem based on the 1939 novel Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, and a set of "Variations" on the 1858 opera Orpheus in the Underworld. [1]
Playbill for a revival of Orpheus in the Underworld. Le savetier et le financier (1856) - with E About; Une demoiselle en loterie (1857) - with Louis-Adolphe Jaime; Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld) (1858) - with Ludovic Halévy; Geneviève de Brabant (1859) - by Louis-Adolphe Jaime and Etienne Tréfeu (revised by Crémieux with ...
Orpheus Playing the Violin, 17th-century painting by Cesare Gennari. Operas based on the Orphean myths, and especially the story of Orpheus' journey to the underworld to rescue his wife, Eurydice, were amongst the earliest examples of the art form and continue to be written into the 21st century.
Orpheus and Eurydice, a ballet choreographed by Dame Ninette de Valois with music by Gluck (1941) [7] Orpheus, a ballet made by choreographer George Balanchine to music by Igor Stravinsky (1948) Orpheus in the Underworld, an album by Don Shirley (1956) Orpheus, a song by New York Rock & Roll Ensemble, from Reflections (Manos Hatzidakis album ...