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Jacques Offenbach

Orpheus in the Underworld

Musical comedy with the famous cancan

Jacques Offenbach

Orpheus in the Underworld

The premiere

17 / 05 / 2024
Description

"Orpheus in the Underworld" by Jacques Offenbach is one of the most famous and funniest operettas of all time.
In this crazy musical parody, everything is upside down and the story is different than in the myth original. There is intrigue, jokes, irony and a lot of comic, frivolous events, including the unforgettable "hell gallop" from Act II – the famous cancan.

In the production of Opera at the Castle the ancient world will be replaced by the world of media – television, film and Internet productions. The action will take place among actors, celebrities and pop culture stars. Olympus will become a big TV show, Earth will become a para-documentary series, Hell will become a low-budget horror film. The stage will be a film studio, and the audience will be an observer of the "live vision" displayed on the big screen...


 

Projekt plakatu: Wojciech Stefaniak

About the show

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Orpheus in the Underworld (Orphée aux enfers)
Operetta in two acts 
Libretto: Ludovic Halévy and Hector Crémieux
Translation: Stanisław Dygat, Janusz Minkiewicz, Maria Sartova
The world premiere: Oct 21, 1858, Les Bouffes Parisiens, Paris  
The Polish premiere: Feb 19, 1862, Warsaw
The premiere: Mai 17, 2024, The Opera at the Castle, Szczecin

Theatre staff
Direction Jerzy Jan Połoński
Music director Jerzy Wołosiuk
Costume design Anna Chadaj
Scenography Wojciech Stefaniak
Choreography Karol Drozd
Light direction Katarzyna Łuszczyk
Multimedia Karolina Jacewicz
Choir preparation Małgorzata Bornowska
Music cooperation Ewelina Rożek-Jaworska
Soloist tutors Olha Bila, Michał Landowski


 

Cast

Orfeusz
Dawid Kwieciński,
Łukasz Ratajczak
Eurydyka Yana Hudzovska,
Ewa Olszewska
Arysteusz / Pluton Aleksander Kruczek,
Rafał Żurek
Jowisz Tomasz Łuczak,
Kamil Pękala
Opinia Publiczna Ewa Menaszek,
Małgorzata Zgorzelska
Diana Zuzanna Ciszewska,
Agnieszka Nurzyńska
Kupido Aleksandra Bałachowska-Jagusz,
Julita Jabłonowska
Styks Ruslan Bilchak,
Paweł Wolski
Wenus Ewa Menaszek,
Katarzyna Nowosad
Minerwa Tetiana Bilchak,
Lucyna Boguszewska
Mars Janusz Lewandowski
Merkury Aleksander Kruczek,
Łukasz Ratajczak
Junona Sandra Klara Januszewska,
Małgorzata Zgorzelska
Hebe Maria Krahel,
Aleksandra Wojtachnia
Camera operators Vasyl Kropyvnyi,
Bartosz Madej
   
Orchestra, Choir and Ballet of the Opera at the Castle  
   
Conductor Jerzy Wołosiuk
Stage management  Katarzyna Berowska,
Maria Malinowska-Przybyłowicz

 

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Podcast

Nazywam się Maciej Gogołkiewicz. Z podcastowym mikrofonem odwiedziłem Operę na Zamku w Szczecinie, gdzie trwają próby do operetki "Orfeusz w piekle" J. Offenbacha w reżyserii Jerzego Jana Połońskiego.