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Orpheus in the Underworld
29/11/2010
Britten Theatre at 19:00
Michael Rosewell conductor
Come and help us celebrate the 150th birthday of the cancan!
Jacques Offenbach’s first full-length operetta – a gloriously entertaining blend of irreverent grand opera parody and vicious social satire – was already a big hit when it opened in Paris in 1858. But when two years later he added the notorious “galop” (better known as the cancan) for a revival in Vienna, he created an international sensation that ran on Broadway and in the West End, and has been delighting audiences worldwide ever since.
For further details visit our Opera page
Jacques Offenbach’s first full-length operetta – a gloriously entertaining blend of irreverent grand opera parody and vicious social satire – was already a big hit when it opened in Paris in 1858. But when two years later he added the notorious “galop” (better known as the cancan) for a revival in Vienna, he created an international sensation that ran on Broadway and in the West End, and has been delighting audiences worldwide ever since.
For further details visit our Opera page
Tickets: £10, £20, £30, £40
Booking opens on Monday 11 October. Advanced priority booking for RCM Benefactors and Patrons’ Circle from Monday 27 September. Priority booking for all other RCM Friends from Monday 4 October.
Booking opens on Monday 11 October. Advanced priority booking for RCM Benefactors and Patrons’ Circle from Monday 27 September. Priority booking for all other RCM Friends from Monday 4 October.
