Orphée aux enfers

Album by Jacques Offenbach & Orchestre philharmonique de Paris & René Leibowitz

Orphée aux enfers is an operetta by Jacques Offenbach, first performed in 1858. The work blends operatic vocal writing with satirical theatrical elements and lively orchestration drawing on dance rhythms, and as one of Offenbach's early full-length stage works it played a formative role in the development of 19th-century French operetta.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Orphée aux enfers: Overture
  2. 2.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 1, Scene 1 (Regions Near Theben): Public Opinion: « Qui je suis ? » = Who Am I ?
  3. 3.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 1, Scene 1 (Regions Near Theben): Eurydice: « La Femme dont le cœur rêve » = The Woman Whose Heart Is Dreaming
  4. 4.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 1, Scene 1 (Regions Near Theben): Dialogue: Eurydice‐Orphée
  5. 5.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 1, Scene 1 (Regions Near Theben): Duet Orphée‐Eurydice: « Ah ! C’est ainsi » = Ah ! So That’s It
  6. 6.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 1, Scene 1 (Regions Near Theben): Dialogue: Eurydice‐Orpheée
  7. 7.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 1, Scene 1 (Regions Near Theben): Aristeus: «Moi, je suis Aristée » = Me, I Am Aristeus
  8. 8.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 1, Scene 1 (Regions Near Theben): Dialogue: Aristeus‐Eurydice
  9. 9.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 1, Scene 1 (Regions Near Theben): Eurydice: « La mort m’apparait souriante » = I Seem to See the Smiling Death
  10. 10.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 1, Scene 1 (Regions Near Theben): Dialogue: Aristeus‐Eurydice – Pluto‐Orphée‐Public Opinion
  11. 11.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 1, Scene 1 (Regions Near Theben): Duet: Public Opinion‐Orphée: « Viens, viens » = Come, Come
  12. 12.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 1, Scene 2 (On the Olympus): The Gods and the Goddesses: « Dormons, dormons » = Let’s Sleep
  13. 13.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 1, Scene 2 (On the Olympus): Dialogues of the Gods and Goddesses
  14. 14.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 1, Scene 2 (On the Olympus): Chorus: « Aux armes, dieux et demi‐dieux » = To Arms, Gods and Demi‐Gods !
  15. 15.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 1, Scene 2 (On the Olympus): Dialogues of the Gods and Goddesses
  16. 16.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 1, Scene 2 (On the Olympus): Couplet: « Pour séduire Alcmène la fière » = To Seduce the Noble Alcmene

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 1, Scene 2 (Conclusion): Dialogues of the Gods
  2. 3.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 1, Scene 2 (Conclusion): Finale Orphée and the Gods: « Il approche ! » = Here He Comes
  3. 4.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 2, Scene 1 (In the Underworld): Introduction
  4. 5.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 2, Scene 1 (In the Underworld): Dialogue: Eurydice‐John Styx
  5. 6.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 2, Scene 1 (In the Underworld): John Styx: « Quand j’étais roi de Béotie » = When I Was King of Beotia
  6. 7.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 2, Scene 1 (In the Underworld): Dialogue: Eurydice‐John Styx‐Jupiter‐Pluto
  7. 8.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 2, Scene 1 (In the Underworld): Duet: Eurydice‐Jupiter: « Il m’a semblé sur mon épaule » = I Thought I Felt Something
  8. 9.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 2, Scene 1 (In the Underworld): Dialogue: Eurydice‐Jupiter‐John Styx‐Pluto
  9. 10.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 2, Scene 1 (In the Underworld): Eurydice‐Pluto‐John Styx: « Bel Insecte » = Lovely Bug
  10. 11.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 2, Scene 2 (In Hell): Chorus: « Vive le vin, vive Pluton » = Long Live Wine, Long Live Pluto
  11. 12.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 2, Scene 2 (In Hell): Eurydice: « J’ai vu le dieu Bacchus » = I Have Seen the God Bacchus
  12. 13.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 2, Scene 2 (In Hell): Jupiter: « Maintenant je veux, moi » = Now I, Who Am Slender
  13. 14.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 2, Scene 2 (In Hell): Dialogue: Eurydice‐Jupiter‐Pluto‐Orphée
  14. 15.
    Orphée aux enfers: Act 2, Scene 2 (In Hell): Public Opinion‐Ensemble: « Ne regarde pas en arrière » = Don’t Look Back

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