| Royal Academy Opera | |||
| Gareth Hancock | Conductor | ||
| Martin Duncan | Director | ||
| Alex Doidge-Green | Set Designer | ||
| Steve Elias | Choreography | ||
| Alys Mererid Roberts | Soprano | Eurydice | 2017 Feb 03, 05 |
| Nika Gorič | Soprano | Eurydice | 2017 Feb 04, 06 |
| Ilona Revolskaya | Soprano | Diane | 2017 Feb 03, 05 |
| Lorena Paz Nieto | Soprano | Diane | 2017 Feb 04, 06 |
| Frances Gregory | Mezzo-soprano | Venus | 2017 Feb 03, 05 |
| Marvic Monreal | Soprano | Venus | 2017 Feb 04, 06 |
| Leslie Bickle | Soprano | Cupidon | 2017 Feb 03, 05 |
| Alexandra Oomens | Soprano | Cupidon | 2017 Feb 04, 06 |
| Carrie-Ann Williams | Soprano | Minerve | 2017 Feb 03, 05 |
| Meinir Wyn Roberts | Soprano | Minerve | 2017 Feb 04, 06 |
| Helen Brackenbury | Mezzo-soprano | L'Opinion Publique | 2017 Feb 03, 05 |
| Katie Stevenson | Mezzo-soprano | L'Opinion Publique | 2017 Feb 04, 06 |
| Hannah Poulsom | Mezzo-soprano | Junon | 2017 Feb 03, 05 |
| Emma Stannard | Mezzo-soprano | Junon | 2017 Feb 04, 06 |
| Mikhail Shepelenko | Tenor | Orphée | 2017 Feb 03, 05 |
| Emanuel Heitz | Tenor | Orphée | 2017 Feb 04, 06 |
| Alexander Aldren | Tenor | Mercure | 2017 Feb 03, 05 |
| Joshua Baxter | Tenor | Mercure | 2017 Feb 04, 06 |
| Dominic Bowe | Baritone | Jupiter | 2017 Feb 03, 05 |
| Nicholas Mogg | Bass | Jupiter | 2017 Feb 04, 06 |
| Alex Otterburn | Baritone | John Styx | 2017 Feb 03, 05 |
| Robert Glyndwr Garland | Bass-baritone | John Styx | 2017 Feb 04, 06 |
| Timothy Murphy | Bass | Mars | 2017 Feb 03, 05 |
| Michael Mofidian | Bass | Mars | 2017 Feb 04, 06 |
| Richard Walshe | Bass | Bacchus | 2017 Feb 03, 04, 05 |
| Patrick Terry | Countertenor | Bacchus | 2017 Feb 06 |
Royal Academy Opera
‘You can listen to the next generation of classical musicians at the Royal Academy of Music’ (Sunday Times), and now the opera stars of the future return to the legendary Hackney Empire for Jacques Offenbach’s famous ‘opéra bouffe’, Orpheus in the Underworld.
This irreverent satire was unleashed on Parisian audiences in 1858 to a combination of shock and delight: ‘a profanation of holy and glorious antiquity’, ‘a coarse and grotesque parody’, said the critics. Its many memorable set-pieces include the risqué Galop Infernal, better known as the ‘can-can’ – one of the most famous dance tunes of all time.
This new production is conducted by Gareth Hancock, Director of Royal Academy Opera. The director, Martin Duncan, promises to bring us an entertaining show that is ‘funny, colourful, all-singing and all-dancing’.
Sung in the original French with surtitles.
Dialogue in English translation.
‘The Royal Academy of Music's opera can always be looked forward to because it never disappoints… the musical performance is invariably on a high level’ — The Spectator
Tickets £25, £22.50, £20 (concessions £20, £17.50, £15; special £5 tickets for students and under-16s)
Buy tickets now from the Hackney Empire Box Office: www.hackneyempire.co.uk, telephone 020 8985 2424