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Descent into hell: Opera Zuid's madcap Orpheus in the Underworld

Francis van Broekhuizen (Junon) and Roger Smeets (Jupiter)
© Joost Milde
Mathys Lagier (Orphée) and Amel Brahim-Djelloul (Eurydice)
© Joost Milde
Opera Zuid's Orphée aux enfers
© Joost Milde
Mark Omvlee (Pluton)
© Joost Milde
Opera Zuid's Orphée aux enfers
© Joost Milde
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“Amel Brahim-Djelloul’s perky Eurydice has buckets of pastoral charm”
Reviewed at Stadsschouwburg, Utrecht on 13 June 2023
Offenbach, Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld)
Opera Zuid
Enrico Delamboye, Conductor
Benjamin Prins, Director
Marloes en Wikke, Set Designer
Marrit van der Burgt, Costume Designer
Julian Maiwald, Lighting Designer
Philharmonie Zuidnederland
Theaterkoor Opera Zuid
Marloes van der Hoek, Set Designer
Amel Brahim-Djelloul, Eurydice
Mark Omvlee, Pluton
Roger Smeets, Jupiter
Francis van Broekhuizen, Junon
Mathys Lagier, Orphée
Thomas Morris, Bacchus, L'Opinion Publique
Jeroen de Vaal, Mercure
Anna Emelianova, Diane
Olivier Hernandez, John Styx
Marina Ruiz, Venus
Sophie Collin, Cupidon
Willy Laury, Choreography
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