Orpheus in the Underworld

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Jacques Offenbach: Orfeus i underverdenen

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Orpheus in the Underworld

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Opera for the masses It is wild, fun and very socially critical. It is time for a multitude of sheep and plague-of-the-land music when Vidar Magnussen's Orpheus in the Underworld shakes the Opera House to its foundations once more! People think they know what they will get at the Opera: love and death, great sorrow, little fun and a theme as ancient as the art of opera itself. People think so. People are wrong. For nothing is what people expect when director Vidar Magnussen's operetta is back in Bjørvika again – with Kristoffer Olsen in one of the leading roles. You are hereby invited to a wild feast of the gods with plenty of drink flowing, insanely familiar music, costumes of the coarse variety – and a can-can that kicks in all directions. Artistic team and performers Music Jacques Offenbach Libretto Ludovic Halévy and Hector-Jonathan Crémieux Norwegian adaptation Matilde Holdhus Musical direction Johannes Gustavsson Director Vidar Magnussen Revival director Heidi Bruun Nedregaard Set design Gjermund Andresen Costume design Ingrid Nylander Lighting design Torkel Skjærven Choreographer Stian Danielsen Operakoret, Operaorkestret The People Kristoffer Olsen Eurydice Beate Mordal Orpheus Magnus Ingemund Kjelstad Jupiter Aleksander Nohr Diana Thale Bergsaune Mercury Ørjan Bruskeland Hinna Mars Johannes Nikolai Aas Dancers Ole Kristian Tangen, Tuva Svendsen, Julie Moviken, Henriette Hamli Grønningen, Stian Bergdølmo, Vilja Tjernsland Kwasny Pluto Markus Bjørlykke Cupid Sandra Bendrik See performance dates Venus Jeanette Goldstein Minerva Kari Ulfsnes Kleiven Juno Cecilie C. Ødegården John Styx Ian Marcus Bjørsvik Bacchus Per Kristian Ruud-Enggrav Elisabeth Schönfragen Valeska Zürn