Orpheus in the Underworld

Offenbach's popular comic opera poking fun at Greek mythology in english translation, staged for television by Christopher Renshaw.

ComedyMusic

Release: 1983-12-29Runtime: 118 minRating: 8 (1)

Cast

Denis Quilley

Jupiter / Napoleon III

Christopher Gable

Mercury

Lillian Watson

Eurydice

Alexander Oliver

Orpheus

Emile Belcourt

Pluto

Elizabeth Gale

Cupid

Isobel Buchanan

Diana

Felicity Palmer

Venus

Pauline Tinsley

Public Opinion

Bernard Dickerson

John Styx

Alexander Faris

Translator

Christopher Renshaw

Translator

Jacques Offenbach

Music

Alexander Faris

Conductor

Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Musician

Christopher Renshaw

Stage Director

Derek Bailey

Director

Judith de Paul

Producer