Michael Quast | Frankfurt am Main | Germany

Michael Quast reads, sings and dances
Orpheus in the Underworld

Jacques Offenbach (1819 – 1880)
Opéra bouffon in 2 acts, 4 scenes
Text by Rainer Dachselt and Michael Quast, based on the Libretto by Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy
Performed in German


A table, a chair, a grand piano and a violin - Michael Quast and Rhodri Britton need nothing more for their extraordinary "Orpheus". They shake a complete operetta, cheeky and comedic, out of their sleeves, leading us through all of Jacques Offenbach's first full-length work about Orpheus and his fun-loving wife Eurydice.

"The whole of Offenbach our of one man's throat"!
(Opernwelt)
"A small magical theatre marvel!"
(Süddeutsche Zeitung)

Cast

In all roles Michael Quast
Musical Arrangements and Pianist Rhodri Britton