Offenbach's outrageously funny spoof

American premiere of the critical edition by Jean-Christophe Keck

Conducted by Michael Borowitz

Sung in English, Supertitles in English

Friday, April 27, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 2:00 pm

To hell with love.  Does Orpheus want his wife back?  Hell no!  But the sex-crazed gods are hell-bent for a red hot happy hour, and they aren't taking no for an answer.  Can(can) Orpheus play his way out of this one?

Offenbach didn't have much respect for the rules; so in his retelling of the classic myth, Orpheus can't stand his wife and is only too happy to have Pluto drag her off for himself.  It doesn't end there of course.  Orpheus must go to heaven and hell to try and get Eurydice back.  There's one hell of a party on stage as the piece ends with the "infernal cancan."  A perfectly wicked show - it will convert anyone who "doesn't like opera" - there will be hell to pay if you miss it!  Why take the chance?

Not for younger audiences.

Nevada Opera's 39th season:  In the name of love is underwritten by International Game Technology and funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Nevada Arts Council and the City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission.

Performed at the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts