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Orpheus in the Underworld

Orpheus in the Underworld

1983•1h 58m•8.0/10
ComedyMusic

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8.0/10(1)

Offenbach's popular comic opera poking fun at Greek mythology in english translation, staged for television by Christopher Renshaw.

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Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Denis Quilley

Denis Quilley

Jupiter / Napoleon III

Christopher Gable

Christopher Gable

Mercury

Lillian Watson

Eurydice

Alexander Oliver

Alexander Oliver

Orpheus

Emile Belcourt

Pluto

Elizabeth Gale

Cupid

Isobel Buchanan

Isobel Buchanan

Diana

Felicity Palmer

Felicity Palmer

Venus

Pauline Tinsley

Public Opinion

Bernard Dickerson

John Styx

John Fryatt

Mars

Honor Blackman

Honor Blackman

Juno / Empress Eugnie

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