#Orpheus in the underworld

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Louis Simpson, from Gods & Mortals: Modern Poems on Classics; "Orpheus in the Underworld,"

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Henri Regnault (French, 1843–1871) Orpheus in the Underworld, ca.1860s Musée d'Orsay

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In light of season three premiering today~

MORE LOVE FOR SOUND EUPHONIUM!!!

Their rendition of Orpheus in the Underworld is on a whole other level. I keep coming back to listen to it all the time.

ALSO WELCOME BACK SOUND EUPHONIUM!!!

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Henri Regnault - Orpheus in the Underworld, 1865.

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Orpheus and Eurydice

[rhymingteelookatme]

A fellow longing for a lover is soon out of bed; He’s up and eager to discover the day still ahead. Free to roam the fields for hours, the meadows in bloom, Off he goes to gather flowers- Need I say for whom? Need I say for whom? For whom? Ah-ah, ah, ahhhh....

But not a whisper to the others, by the way: I go to bring my handsome lover my bouquet. To him I go, with eyes aglow, And only we two are to know- And only we two are to know!

His face is always in my fancies, so pensive and sweet. Each day I gather pinks and pansies to lay at his feet. O, what fortune to be single, for can I deny That my heart is all a-tingle? Are you asking why? Are you asking why? You ask? Ah-ah, ah, ahhhh...

But not a whisper to the others, need I add! I tingle not for them, but for my handsome lad. To him I go, with eyes aglow, And only we two are to know- And only we two are to know!

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Orpheus in the Underworld (Overture) (1980) Orphée aux Enfers (Ouverture) from: Offenbach: Overtures (1981) Karajan Festival (1984 Compilation)

Classical | Overture | Opera | Comic Opera

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Conductor: Herbert von Karajan Orchestra: The Berliner Philharmoniker Composer: Carl Binder*

*The best-known and much-recorded 'Orphée aux Enfers' overture is not by Jacques Offenbach, and is not part of either the 1858 or the 1874 scores. It was arranged by the Austrian musician Carl Binder for the first production of the opera in Vienna, in 1860.

Recorded: @ The Berliner Philharmonie in Berlin, Germany September, 1980

Produced by Michel Glotz

Offenbach: Overtures Released: 1981 Karajan Festival Released: 1984

Deutsche Grammophon

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OTD in Music History: Composer and conductor Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1889) conducts the world premiere of his first full-length operetta, and the biggest hit of his career, “Orphee aux enfers” (“Orpheus in the Underworld”) – featuring the (in)famous “Can-Can” dance – at his little "Theatre des Bouffes-Parisiens" in Paris in 1858. Today, Offenbach is best remembered for his pioneering work as the creator of a type of light burlesque French comic opera popularly known as “operetta,” which became one of the most characteristic "pop" musical products of the latter half of the 19th Century. Offenbach combined a remarkably fluent and elegant musical style with a highly developed sense of both characterization and satire – indeed, no less an expert on matters of the theater than legendary "opera buffa" composer Giacchino Rossini (1792 - 1868) dubbed him “our little Mozart of the Champs-Elysees.” In many ways, both directly and indirectly, Offenbach can fairly be said to be the great-grandfather of the theatrical genre now commonly referred to as the “musical.” PICTURED: A c. 1900 real photo postcard showing the middle aged Offenbach at the height of his career, dressed to the nines and looking every bit the showman.

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fado major and minor, raúl ruiz 1994

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inês de castro, josé leitão de barros 1944

orpheus in the underworld, derek bailey 1983

[nottotto]

Just a great song that is sampled in Super Mario Land and Mr. Do! Some people call it 'can-can music' for some reason.

[pkmntrainersquid]

Getting the first responses back from some of the museums I contacted. Looks like there were much higher genetic differences between Migratory Pidove and Rock Pidove, so they aren't able to breed together. That rules out the kind of programs they're doing over in Sinnoh.

The restoration machines have only ever been successful on fossils, so the taxidermied specimens can't be revived.

I'll... I'll find something.

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The Secret of the Can-Can’s Appeal? It’s What’s Underneath

AN EXCLUSIVE FROM INSIDE, THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE STRAZ CENTER You know the song. You know the dance. But can-can you grasp the why? What made the can-can, this now-quaint, some would say cliched, symbol of Gay Paree so scandalous in its youth? Now in its dotage, how does it retain its charm and our interest? A clue, a very telling clue, has been right in front of us, likely since we…

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Hades and the Sad Singy Bois™️ that keep breaking into his house(the underworld)

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Orpheus and Odysseus looking at each other as they venture through the underworld for different reasons

They both are doing this for their wives and to get them back/get back to them though so-