Jacques Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers (Salzburg Festival 2019

Operetta enthusiast Barrie Kosky has landed a gigantic success with Offenbachs subversive and hilarious reversion of the Orpheus myth at the Salzburg Festival. Kosky created a magically precise and witty staging with numerous extravagant costumes in a glittering opulent scenery and a literally devilish choreography. For the dialogues he has found an impressively ingenious solution as they are not spoken by the singers. Rather they are performed by the brilliant German actor Max Hopp as John Styx who performs a true vocal miracle (Neue Zürcher Zeitung) in a slapstick-like manner. The superb cast impresses with virtuoso singing as well as ravishingly comedic acting, first and foremost the American coloratura soprano Kathryn Lewek as Eurydice with crystal clear coloraturas and sovereign top tones (Salzburger Nachrichten), the Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter as severe LOpinion publique or the Austrian bass baritone Martin Winkler as foolish father of the gods Jupiter. Under the Italian conductor Enrique Mazzolas precise conducting the Wiener Philharmoniker provide an exquisite sparkling orchestral sound (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung). A frantic and fabulous show (New York Times)

Actors: Mazzola, Enrique, Wiener Philharmoniker

Audio Languages: German

Duration: 140 minutes

Language: German

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitle Languages: English

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