03 — ARTWORK
Poster for Jacques Offenbach's Orphée aux enfers
- MEDIUM
- Lithograph, 127 x 90 cm
- TYPE
- Study
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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Orpheus in the Underworld (French Orphée aux enfers) is comic operetta by French composer Jacques Offenbach (French libretto by Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy), a satirical treatment of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus. It premiered on October 21, 1858, at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris. The work's best-known music is the cancan that appears in the overture and the final scene. The work was originally structured in two acts, though Offenbach later expanded it into four acts. <p> <table align=left cellpadding=5 border=1 width=320 bgcolor="#99cccc"> <tr valign=middle><td><img src="/support/gif/listen.gif" border=0 valign=middle> Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 4 minutes):<br><a href="#" onClick="w=window.open ('/music1/19_cent/offenbach_orpheus.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350');w.opener=this;w.focus();return true"><b>Jacques Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld, overture</b></a> </td></tr></table>
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@online{wga-raa6b16db0e6932,
author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Poster for Jacques Offenbach's Orphée aux enfers by CHÉRET, Jules},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-09},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/chret-jules-re532c1444ff077/poster-for-jacques-offenbachs-orphe-aux-enfers-raa6b16db0e6932},
urldate = {2026-09-09},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-09. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
