📆October 21, 1858 Jacques #Offenbach's operetta "Orpheus in the Underworld" (Orphée aux Enfers) #premieres in #Paris and includes "Infernal Galop" (can-can tune)

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Orpheus in the Underworld Review * Fairy Powered Productions Hinckley Concordia Theatre – 12th April 2025 Reviewed by Amarjeet Singh 4**** Orpheus in the Underworld is a satirical comic operetta by Jacques Offenbach. It’s a spoof take on the legend of Orpheus a...

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#4* from Amarjeet Singh for Orpheus in the Underworld at Hinkley Concordia

“full of fun, frivolity and farce”

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Orpheus and Eurydice
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Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld (1861)
by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
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Offenbach (1819-1880)

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Orpheus and Eurydice - Wikipedia

If you're watching the Netflix show KAOS & all you can remember about Orpheus is the can-can from Offenbach's opera Orpheus in the Underworld, here’s a Wikipedia entry explaining the myth:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpheus...

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