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Orphée aux enfers (Offenbach, Jacques)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 acts ; rev. 4 acts
Composition Year 1858, rev. 1874
Genre Categories Operas bouffes; Theatrical Works; Operas; Comic operas; Fairy operas; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; French language; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba (arr); Scores featuring the horn (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); Scores featuring the trombone (arr); Scores featuring the tuba (arr); For 4 players (arr)
Related Works Pieces based on 'Orphée aux enfers'
Overture to Offenbach's opera 'Orphée aux Enfers' by Carl Binder

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Performances

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Orchestra (Simons)

 Petit Galop ("Can-can")
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Piano solo (Novegno)

 Can-Can (Galop Infernal)
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Sheet Music

Parts

Complete: 2-Act Version (1858)

 Flute 1/2
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⇒ 17 more: Oboe • Clarinet 1/2 (B♭, A, C) • Bassoon • Horn 1/2 (F, E, G, D, A♭, A) • Cornet 1/2 (B♭, A) • Trombone • Timpani • Bass Drum • Violin solo • Violins I (copy 1) • Violins I (copy 2) • Violins I (copy 3) • Violins II • Violas (copy 1) • Violas (copy 3) • Cellos • Basses

 Oboe
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 Clarinet 1/2 (B♭, A, C)
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 Bassoon
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 Horn 1/2 (F, E, G, D, A♭, A)
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 Cornet 1/2 (B♭, A)
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 Trombone
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 Timpani
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 Bass Drum
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 Violin solo
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 Violins I (copy 1)
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 Violins I (copy 2)
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 Violins I (copy 3)
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 Violins II
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 Violas (copy 1)
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 Violas (copy 3)
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 Cellos
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 Basses
#66818 - 8.39MB, 47 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2012×⇩ - Romanov76110

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, 1862*
Copyright
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Misc. Notes *The 1862 date (on Violins I, copy 3) is the only one given in ink. Other dates ranging from 1864 to 1924 have been added in pencil to various parts.
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Vocal Scores

Complete: 2-Act Version (1858)

 Complete Score (monochrome)
#818377 - 12.07MB, 149 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 212×⇩ - Massenetique

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 Complete Score (grayscale)
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Editor First edition
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Heugel et Cie., n.d.[1858]. Plate H.2372.
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 Complete Score
#26814 - 9.82MB, 135 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 9682×⇩ - Hobbypianist

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Language German / French
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Bote & Bock, n.d. (ca.1880). Plate 10779
Reprinted Berlin/Wiesbaden: Bote & Bock, n.d. (after 1949).
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 Complete Score
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Language English
Translator James Robinson Planché (1796–1880), English text
Publisher. Info. London: Boosey & Co., n.d.
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Misc. Notes Adaptation of the original French version, with some cuts to the musical material.
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Complete: 4-Act Version (1874)

 Complete Score
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Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Heugel, n.d.[1874]. Plate H.4425.
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 Complete Score
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Editor Nouvelle partition illustrée.
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Heugel, n.d.[1874]. Plate H.4425.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project. Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France 2e série, 63e année, Nº 16, 18 Avril 1874, p.203, r.1236.
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Selections: 2-Act Version (1858)

 No.1, Couplets à Jupin (Act I, No.8), G major: original key
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 No.3, Hymne à Bacchus (Act II, No.14bis), F major: for low voice
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Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Heugel et Cie., n.d.[1858]. Plates H.2365, 2366(1), 2368(1), 2393.
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 Évohé. Hymne à Bacchus (Act II, No.14bis), G major
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Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Heugel et Cie., n.d.[1858]. Plate H.2369(1).
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 No.8, Rondo: Les métamorphoses de Jupiter (Act I, No.8), G major
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 No.10, Couplets du roi de Béotie (Act II, No.11), A major
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 No.13, Hymne à Bacchus (Act II, No.14bis), A major
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Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Heugel, n.d.[1858].
Reprinted Paris: E. Bertin, n.d. Plates E.B.9, 10, 13.
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⇒ 7 more: No.2, Duo du concerto avec solo du violon: "Ah! c'est ainsi!" (Act I, No.2) • No.4, Évocation à la mort: "La mort m'appararait souriante" (Act I, No.4) • No.5, Duettino de l'honneur et de l'amour: "Viens!" (Act I, No.5b) • No.6, Couplets de Cupidon et de Vénus: "Je suis Cupidon!" (Act I, No.6b) • No.7, Ronde de Diane et Actéon: "Quand Diane descends dans la plaine" (Act I, No.6d) • No.9, Couplets à Jupin: "Pour séduire Alcmène la fière" (Act I, No.8) • No.12, Duo de la mouche: "Il m'a semblé sur mon épaule" (Act II, No.12)

 No.5, Duettino de l'honneur et de l'amour: "Viens!" (Act I, No.5b)
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Language French
Publisher. Info. Nouvelle édition.
Paris: Heugel & Cie., n.d.[1860]. Plates H.2365, 2655-61.
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 Can-can, Galop infernal (Act II, No.15b)
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Language German/French
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Bote & Bock, n.d. (ca.1880). Plate 10779.
Reprinted Berlin/Wiesbaden: Bote & Bock, n.d. (after 1949).
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Selections: 4-Act Version (1874)

 No.7, Couplets: "C'est l'opinion publique" (Act I, No.7c)
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⇒ 9 more: No.7bis, Valse des petites violonistes: "Ah! ces adieux" (Act I, No.7d) • No.12, Rondo-saltarelle de Mercure: "Eh! hop, eh! hop" (Act II, No.12) • No.13, Air en prose de Pluton: "Ah! avec quelle volupté" (Act II, No.13) • No.18, Couplets des regrets: "Ah! quelle triste destinée" (Act III, No.18) • No.19bis, Couplets: "Quand j'étais roi de Béotie" (Act III, No.19), G major • No.21, Ronde des policemen: "Nez au vent, œil au guet" (Act III, No.21) • No.22, Couplets des baisers: "Pour attirer du fond de sa retraîte" (Act III, No.22) • No.23, Ronde enfantine: "Le beau bourdon" (Act III, No.23) • No.27, Hymne à Bacchus: "J'ai vu le Dieu Bacchus" (Act IV, No.27)

 No.23, Ronde enfantine: "Le beau bourdon" (Act III, No.23)
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 No.27, Hymne à Bacchus: "J'ai vu le Dieu Bacchus" (Act IV, No.27)
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Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Heugel et Cie., n.d.[1874]. Plates H.2366, 2369, 4429-35, 4437.
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Misc. Notes Extracted from the 1874 4-act version.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete: 2-Act Version (1858)

For Piano

 Complete Score
#749038 - 33.07MB, 88 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 202×⇩ - Alaric

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Arranger Composer?
Publisher. Info. Paris: Heugel, n.d.[1862]. Plate H. 3781.
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Menuet (Act II, No.15a)

For Piano

 Complete Score
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Publisher. Info. Jede Woche Musik. Wochenschrift des Berliner Tageblatts
1. Jahrgang, Nr.4 (08. November 1924)
Berlin: Rudolf Mosse, (1924)
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Can-can (Act II, No.15b)

For Orchestra (Ludwig)

 Complete Score
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 Complete Parts
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Arranger Florian Ludwig (b. 1970)
Publisher. Info. Florian Ludwig, 2019.
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Misc. Notes Arranged as an encore for Carneval des animaux (Saint Saens)!!!
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For Horn, Trumpet, Trombone and Tuba (Beardwood)

 Complete Score
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 Trumpet
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 Horn
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 Trombone
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 Tuba
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Arranger Wayne Beardwood
Publisher. Info. Wayne Beardwood
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For Piano (Novegno)

 Complete Score
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Arranger Roberto Novegno (b. 1981)
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For Piano (Root)

 Fantasy
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Arranger Frederic Woodman Root (1846-1916)
Publisher. Info. Chicago: Root & Cady, 1870. Plate 6028.
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Misc. Notes Arrangement contains the melody "Can-Can".
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 Fantasy
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Editor Robert A. Hudson (b. 1948)
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General Information

Work Title Orphée aux enfers
Alternative. Title Opéra bouffe en deux actes ; Opéra féerie en quatre actes
Name Translations 天国与地狱序曲; 天國與地獄序曲; Orfeusz w piekle; Orphée aux Enfers; 천국과 지옥; Орфей в аду; Orfeo en los infiernos; Orpheus in the Underworld; Orfeu în infern; Orfeo all'inferno; Orpheus in der Unterwelt; 地獄のオルフェ; Orfeus i underjorden; Օրփեոսը դժոխքում; Орфей у пеклі; Orfeus v podsvětí; 地狱中的奥菲欧; Orfeus i underverden; Orfeus i underverdenen; Орфей в Ада; اورفئوس در برزخ; اورفيوس فى العالم السفلى; Orfeusz az alvilágban; Ο Ορφέας στον Άδη; أورفيوس في الجحيم; Orfej v podzemlju
Name Aliases Orphee aux Enfers; 지옥의 오르페우스; 지옥의 오르페; Orfeu als inferns; Orfeo nos infernos; 地獄のオルフェウス; 天国と地獄; Orphee aux enfers; 地獄中的奧菲歐
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 177643089; LCCN: n81148980; GND: 300115598; SELIBR: 172105; BNF: 13916735c
Composer Offenbach, Jacques
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJO 60
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 acts ; rev. 4 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1858, rev. 1874
First Performance. 1858/10/21
Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens (Opéra bouffe version)

1874/02/07

Paris, Théâtre de la Gaîté (Opéra féerie version)
First Publication. 1858
Librettist Hector-Jonathan Crémieux (1828–1892)
Ludovic Halévy (1834–1908)
Language French
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus, orchestra
InstrDetail
Cast
Pluton, god of the underworld, disguised as Aristée, a shepherd (tenor)
Jupiter, king of the gods (low tenor–high baritone)
Orphée, a musician (tenor)
John Styx, servant of Pluton, formerly king of Boeotia (tenor or baritone)
Mercure, messenger of the gods (tenor)
Bacchus, god of wine (spoken)
Mars, god of war (bass)
Eurydice, wife of Orphée (soprano)
Diane, goddess of chastity (soprano)
L'Opinion publiqu (mezzo-soprano)
Junon, wife of Jupiter (soprano or mezzo)
Vénus, goddess of beauty (soprano)
Cupidon, god of love (soprano en travesti)
Minerve, goddess of wisdom (soprano)
Morphée, god of sleep (tenor)
Cybèle, goddess of nature (soprano)
Pomone, goddess of fruits (soprano)
Flore, goddess of flowers (soprano)
Cérès, goddess of agriculture (soprano)
Amour (mezzo-soprano)
Cerbère, three-headed guardian of the underworld (barked)
Minos (baritone/tenor)
Éaque (tenor)
Rhadamante (bass)

Chorus

Gods, goddesses, muses, shepherds, shepherdesses, lictors and spirits in the underworld

Orchestra

  • 1858 version
2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon
2 horns, 2 cornets, trombone
timpani, bass drum/cymbals, triangle, strings
Related Works Pieces based on 'Orphée aux enfers'
Overture to Offenbach's opera 'Orphée aux Enfers' by Carl Binder
External Links Wikipedia article

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