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Title	Orpheus in der Unterwelt
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Overture, arrangement
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	DirStm (Condensed Score and parts)
Publisher's article no.	KL 511
Price	85.00 EUR (incl. 10 % Austrian VAT)
Composer	Offenbach, Jacques
Arranger	Kliment, Hans
Difficulty level	3
Duration	10:10
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Programme notes: Orpheus in the Underworld and Orpheus in Hell 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. It was first performed as a two-act "opéra bouffon" at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, Paris, on 21 October 1858, and was extensively revised and expanded in a four-act "opéra féerie" version, presented at the Théâtre de la Gaîté, Paris, on 7 February 1874. The opera is a lampoon of the ancient legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. In this version Orpheus is not the son of Apollo but a rustic violin teacher. He is glad to be rid of his wife, Eurydice, when she is abducted by the god of the underworld. Orpheus has to be bullied by Public Opinion into trying to rescue Eurydice. The reprehensible conduct of the gods of Olympus in the opera was widely seen as a veiled satire of the court and government of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French. Some critics expressed outrage at the librettists' disrespect for classic mythology and the composer's parody of Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice; others praised the piece highly. Quelle/Source: Wikipedia Tags: Gods, Godheads and Saints Underworld and hellfire

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