Brigitte Zugaj

Presentation

Orpheus in the Underworld
Offenbach's comic opera
Opera buffa in four acts by Jacques Offenbach

Compagnie des Chants de Garonne
Eurydice: Clémence Garcia, soprano
Orpheus: Grégoire Mour, tenor
Pluto: Leo Muscat, tenor
Jupiter: Jean Marques, baritone
Public Opinion: Elise Navarro, soprano
Cupid: Ivy You, Soprano
John Styx: Romain Pascal, tenor
Diane: Paula Cossin, mezzo-soprano
...
Choir of the Chants of the Garonne
Directed by: Aurélie Fargues
Piano: Emilie Veronese
Directed and adapted by Emmanuel Gardeil
Costumes: Bénédicte Bonnet
Decorations: Scorfa
Lights: Marion Jouhanneau

Things are falling apart: Orpheus neglects Eurydice and is only interested in his violin, Eurydice has
for lover Pluto and rejoices at the idea of following him to the underworld, and Jupiter suffers the revolt of
All of Olympus can no longer tolerate nectar and ambrosia. But that's without taking into account the
a character from Public Opinion who orders Orpheus to save Eurydice for
To preserve good morals! This is the argument of the audacious libretto of this masterpiece.
Offenbachian, which playfully manipulates mythology to our great delight. After having addressed
Following this work in 2011, the Chants de Garonne company returns with a new
production, championed by artists well-versed in the genre but also by young talents
discover.