Orpheus in the Underworld

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  – Monika Rittershaus

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  – Monika Rittershaus

Bored by her passionless marriage to the drab musician Orpheus, Eurydice prefers to amuse herself with Pluto, the lord of the underworld, and is—quite unlike her mythological model—more than happy to let herself be carried off to the realm of the dead. When Jupiter, the king of the gods, also learns of the beautiful mortal, a jocular competition for Eurydice’s favour ensues.

In this first major work by the ‘father of modern operetta’, rousing Parisian dance music meets orchestral virtuosity, culminating in the world-famous can-can. Offenbach’s mythological burlesque is carried by a playful ensemble of the highest calibre, ready to follow Max Hopp’s narration as they dive into a gaudy underworld. With Barrie Kosky’s production, an absolute audience favourite is onstage again at the Komische Oper Berlin.

2 hr 45 min incl. intermission

Artists/Collaborators: Victoria Behr (Kostüme), Jean-Christophe Charron (Chöre), Rufus Didwiszus (Bühnenbild), Franck Evin (Licht), Susanna Goldberg (Dramaturgie), James Hendry (Musikalische Leitung), Barrie Kosky (Inszenierung), Otto Pichler (Choreographie), Esteban Muñoz Herrera (Spielleitung), Ivan Turšić (Pluto), Tansel Akzeybek (Orpheus), Jonas Hacker (Orpheus), Juliana Zara (Eurydike), Ulrike Helzel (Die öffentliche Meinung), Max Hopp (Styx), Tom Erik Lie (Jupiter), Karolina Gumos (Juno), Martina Borroni (Juno), Mirka Wagner (Venus), Alma Sadé (Diana), Elisa Maayeshi (Diana), Susan Zarrabi (Cupido), Alma Sadé (Cupido), Tim Dietrich (Mars), Caspar Krieger (Merkur), Michael Fernandez (Tänzer), Shane Dickson (Tänzer), Benjamin Gericke (Tänzer), Lorenzo Soragni (Tänzer), Davide De Biasi (Tänzer), Kai Chun Chuang (Tänzer), Daniel Daniela Ojeda Yrureta (Tänzer), Kai Braithwaite (Tänzer), Luissa Joachimstaller (Tänzer), Claudia Greco (Tänzer), Lauren Mayer (Tänzer), Giorgia Bortoluzzi (Tänzer), Brittany Young (Tänzer), Komparserie (Komparserie), Chorsolisten der Komischen Oper Berlin (Chor)

Koproduktion mit den Salzburger Festspielen und der Deutschen Oper am Rhein

Next date:

• Date Friday, 09/October/2026 19:30 (11 more dates)
• Venue Komische Oper Berlin: Schillertheater - Großer Saal
• Address Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin-Charlottenburg