Research Catalog

Title

Orpheus in the Underworld [videorecording] : 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.

Author

Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.

Publication

[London?] : RM Associates ; Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment, [2002], c1997.

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Additional Authors

• Crémieux, Hector Jonathan, 1828-1892.
• Sledsens, Hugo.
• Wernicke, Herbert.
• Gryspeirt, Dirk.
• George, Andrew
• Printemps, Sylvia
• Badea, Alexandru.
• Vidal, Elisabeth.
• Duesing, Dale.
• Macias, Reinaldo.
• Jung, André.
• Meiser, Désirée.
• Quaille, Jacqueline van.
• Patzakis, Michele.
• Callataÿ, Marie-Noëlle de.
• Theodoridou, Sonia.
• Misonne, Laurence.
• Cassard, Franck.
• Davin, Patrick, 1962-
• Théâtre royal de la Monnaie. prf
• Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen. prd
• Radiodiffusion télévision belge. prd
• Reiner Moritz Associates. prd
• Image Entertainment (Firm)

Description

1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

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.

Uniform Title

Orphée aux enfers

Alternative Title

Orphée aux enfers

Subjects

• Orpheus (Greek mythological character) > Drama
• Operas

Credits (note)

• Stage director, set and costume designer, Herbert Wernicke; choreographers, Andrew George, Sylvia Printemps.

System Details (note)

• DVD; Dolby digital stereo.; presented in a 1:78:1 widescreen aspect ratio, enhanced for 16:9 TVs; NTSC, region code 1.

Language (note)

• Sung in French with English subtitles.

Call Number

*LDV 191

LCCN

014381930528

OCLC

50490594

Author

Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.

Title

Orpheus in the Underworld [videorecording] : 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.

Imprint

[London?] : RM Associates ; Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment, [2002], c1997.

System Details

DVD; Dolby digital stereo.; presented in a 1:78:1 widescreen aspect ratio, enhanced for 16:9 TVs; NTSC, region code 1.

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.

Credits

Stage director, set and costume designer, Herbert Wernicke; choreographers, Andrew George, Sylvia Printemps.

Language

Sung in French with English subtitles.

Added Author

Crémieux, Hector Jonathan, 1828-1892. Librettist

Sledsens, Hugo. Producer

Wernicke, Herbert. Director. Designer

Gryspeirt, Dirk. Director

George, Andrew, choreographer.

Printemps, Sylvia, choreographer.

Badea, Alexandru. Performer

Vidal, Elisabeth. Performer

Duesing, Dale. Performer

Macias, Reinaldo. Performer

Jung, André. Performer

Meiser, Désirée. Performer

Quaille, Jacqueline van. Performer

Patzakis, Michele. Performer

Callataÿ, Marie-Noëlle de. Performer

Theodoridou, Sonia. Performer

Misonne, Laurence. Performer

Cassard, Franck. Performer

Davin, Patrick, 1962- Conductor

Théâtre royal de la Monnaie. Performer

Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen. Production personnel

Radiodiffusion télévision belge. Production personnel

Reiner Moritz Associates. Production personnel

Image Entertainment (Firm)

Other Standard Identifier

014381930528

Publisher No.

ID9305RADVD Image Entertainment

Research Call Number

*LDV 191 Notes on file.