Composition: Orphée aux enfers (Offenbach, Jacques)
| Title | Orphée aux enfers |
| Alternative title | Opéra bouffe en deux actes ; Opéra féerie en quatre actes |
| Creators | Jacques Offenbach (composer) and Hector-Jonathan Crémieux (librettist) and Ludovic Halévy (librettist) |
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| Instrumentation | voices, mixed chorus and orchestra |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1858 |
| First published | 1858 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Operas bouffes, Fairy operas |
| Language | French |
| Period | Romantic |
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Sections
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Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete: 2-Act Version (1858) | piano | — |
| view | Menuet (Act II, No.15a) | piano | — |
| view | Can-can (Act II, No.15b) | horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba | Wayne Beardwood |
| view | Can-can (Act II, No.15b) | piano | Roberto Novegno |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete: 2-Act Version (1858) | parts | Manuscript | 1862 | Flute 1/2 · view Oboe · view Clarinet 1/2 (B, A, C) · view Bassoon · view Horn 1/2 (F, E, G, D, A, A) · view Cornet 1/2 (B, A) · view Trombone · view Timpani · view Bass Drum · view Violin solo · view Violins I (copy 1) · view Violins I (copy 2) · view Violins I (copy 3) · view Violins II · view Violas (copy 1) · view Violas (copy 3) · view Cellos · view Basses · view |
| view | Complete: 2-Act Version (1858) | vocal score | Heugel | 1858 | Complete Score (monochrome) · view Complete Score (grayscale) · view |
| view | Complete: 2-Act Version (1858) | vocal score | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete: 2-Act Version (1858) | vocal score | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete: 4-Act Version (1874) | vocal score | Heugel | 1874 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete: 4-Act Version (1874) | vocal score | Heugel | 1874 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Selections: 2-Act Version (1858) | vocal score | Heugel | 1858 | No.2, Couplets du roi de Béotie (Act II, No.11), G major : for low voice · view No.3, Hymne à Bacchus (Act II, No.14bis), F major : for low voice · view No.1, Couplets à Jupin (Act I, No.8), G major : original key · view No.4, Chanson pastorale d'Aristée (Act I, No.3), G major : original key · view |
| view | Selections: 2-Act Version (1858) | vocal score | Heugel | 1858 | Évohé. Hymne à Bacchus (Act II, No.14bis), G major · view |
| view | Selections: 2-Act Version (1858) | vocal score | Heugel | 1858 | No.8, Rondo: Les métamorphoses de Jupiter (Act I, No.8), G major · view No.10, Couplets du roi de Béotie (Act II, No.11), A major · view No.13, Hymne à Bacchus (Act II, No.14bis), A major · view |
| view | Selections: 2-Act Version (1858) | vocal score | Heugel | 1860 | No.1, Couplets du berger joli: "La femme dont le cœur rêve" (Act I, No.1bis) · view No.2, Duo du concerto avec solo du violon: "Ah! c'est ainsi!" (Act I, No.2) · view No.4, Évocation à la mort: "La mort m'appararait souriante" (Act I, No.4) · view No.5, Duettino de l'honneur et de l'amour: "Viens!" (Act I, No.5b) · view No.6, Couplets de Cupidon et de Vénus: "Je suis Cupidon!" (Act I, No.6b) · view No.7, Ronde de Diane et Actéon: "Quand Diane descends dans la plaine" (Act I, No.6d) · view No.9, Couplets à Jupin: "Pour séduire Alcmène la fière" (Act I, No.8) · view No.12, Duo de la mouche: "Il m'a semblé sur mon épaule" (Act II, No.12) · view |
| view | Selections: 2-Act Version (1858) | vocal score | — | — | Can-can, ''Galop infernal'' (Act II, No.15b) · view |
| view | Selections: 4-Act Version (1874) | vocal score | Heugel | 1874 | No.7, Couplets: "C'est l'opinion publique" (Act I, No.7c) · view No.7bis, Valse des petites violonistes: "Ah! ces adieux" (Act I, No.7d) · view No.12, Rondo-saltarelle de Mercure: "Eh! hop, eh! hop" (Act II, No.12) · view No.13, Air en prose de Pluton: "Ah! avec quelle volupté" (Act II, No.13) · view No.18, Couplets des regrets: "Ah! quelle triste destinée" (Act III, No.18) · view No.19bis, Couplets: "Quand j'étais roi de Béotie" (Act III, No.19), G major · view No.21, Ronde des policemen: "Nez au vent, œil au guet" (Act III, No.21) · view No.22, Couplets des baisers: "Pour attirer du fond de sa retraîte" (Act III, No.22) · view No.23, Ronde enfantine: "Le beau bourdon" (Act III, No.23) · view No.27, Hymne à Bacchus: "J'ai vu le Dieu Bacchus" (Act IV, No.27) · view |
| view | Complete: 2-Act Version (1858) | Arrangement for piano | Heugel | 1862 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Menuet (Act II, No.15a) | Arrangement for piano | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Can-can (Act II, No.15b) | Arrangement for horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba |
— | — | Complete Score · view Trumpet · view Horn · view Trombone · view Tuba · view |
| view | Can-can (Act II, No.15b) | Arrangement for piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
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