Editing Orpheus in the Underworld (section)

==Roles==
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!Role
!Voice type{{refn|The characters' [[tessitura|tessiture]] are as indicated in the 2002 edition of the orchestral score;  Offenbach, writing with particular performers in mind, seldom stipulated a vocal range in his manuscripts.<ref name=k6>Offenbach-Keck, p. 6</ref>|group=n}}
!Premiere cast (two-act version), 21 October 1858{{pb}}([[Conducting|Conductor]]: Jacques Offenbach)<ref>Offenbach (1859), unnumbered introductory page; and Crémieux, p. 7</ref>
!Premiere cast (four-act version), 7 February 1874{{pb}}(Conductor: [[Albert Vizentini]])<ref name=al/><ref>Offenbach (1874), unnumbered introductory page</ref>
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|Pluton ([[Pluto (mythology)|Pluto]]), ''god of the underworld, disguised as'' Aristée ([[Aristaeus]]), ''a shepherd''
|[[tenor]]
|[[Léonce (actor)|Léonce]]
|[[Achille-Félix Montaubry]]
|-
|[[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]], ''king of the gods''
|low tenor or high [[baritone]]
|[[Désiré (baritone)|Désiré]]
|[[Christian Perrin|Christian]]
|-
|Orphée ([[Orpheus]]), ''a musician''
|tenor
|[[Henri Tayau]]
|Meyronnet
|-
|John Styx, ''servant of Pluton, formerly king of [[Boeotia]]''
|tenor or baritone
|Bache
|Alexandre, fils
|-
|Mercure ([[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]]), ''messenger of the gods''
|tenor
|J. Paul
|[[Pierre Grivot]]
|-
|[[Dionysus|Bacchus]], ''god of wine''
|spoken
|Antognini
|Chevalier
|-
|[[Mars (mythology)|Mars]], ''god of war''
|[[bass (voice type)|bass]]
|Floquet
|Gravier
|-
|[[Eurydice]], ''wife of Orphée''
|[[soprano]]
|[[Lise Tautin]]
|[[Marie Cico]]
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|Diane ([[Diana (mythology)|Diana]]), ''goddess of chastity''
|soprano
|Chabert
|Berthe Perret
|-
|{{lang|fr|L'Opinion publique}} (Public Opinion)
|[[mezzo-soprano]]
|[[Marguerite Macé-Montrouge]]
|Elvire Gilbert
|-
|Junon ([[Juno (mythology)|Juno]]), ''wife of Jupiter''
|soprano or mezzo-soprano
|Enjalbert
|Pauline Lyon
|-
|Vénus ([[Venus (mythology)|Venus]]), ''goddess of beauty''
|soprano
|Marie Garnier
|Angèle
|-
|Cupidon ([[Cupid]]), ''god of love''
|soprano (''[[en travesti]]'')
|Coralie Geoffroy
|Matz-Ferrare
|-
|Minerve ([[Minerva]]), ''goddess of wisdom''
|soprano
|[[Marie Cico]]
|Castello
|-
|Morphée ([[Morpheus (mythology)|Morpheus]]), ''god of sleep''
|tenor
| –{{refn|The role of Morphée appears in the earliest version of {{lang|fr|Oprhée aux enfers}}, but Offenbach cut it before the first performance. There were two other roles, Hébé and Cybèle, that the composer cut.<ref name=k6/>|group=n}}
|Damourette
|-
|Cybèle ([[Cybele]]), ''goddess of nature''
|soprano
| –
|Maury
|-
|Pomone ([[Pomona (mythology)|Pomona]]), ''goddess of fruits''
|soprano
|–
|Durieu
|-
|Flore ([[Flora (mythology)|Flora]]), ''goddess of flowers''
|soprano
| –
|B. Mery
|-
|Cérès ([[Ceres (mythology)|Ceres]]), ''goddess of agriculture''
|soprano
| –
|Iriart
|-
|Amour
|mezzo-soprano
| –
|Matz-Ferrare
|-
|Cerbère ([[Cerberus]]), ''three-headed guardian of the underworld''
|barked
|Tautin, snr.{{refn|The role and player are not listed in Crémieux's published libretto or the 1859 vocal score. Faris mentions a scene cut in February 1859 during the first run.<ref name=f71/> In his review in {{lang|fr|Le Ménestrel}} of the October 1858 premiere Alexis Dureau included in his plot summary a scene in which Jupiter gets Cerberus and [[Charon]] drunk so that he can smuggle Eurydice out of the Underworld.<ref name=menestrel/> This scene is not in the printed libretto.<ref>Crémieux, pp. 84–92</ref>|group=n}}
|Monet
|-
|[[Minos]]
|baritone/tenor
| –
|Scipion
|-
|Éaque ([[Aeacus]])
|tenor
| –
|Jean Paul
|-
|Rhadamante ([[Rhadamanthus]])
|bass
| –
|J. Vizentini
|-
| colspan="4" |''Gods, goddesses, muses, shepherds, shepherdesses, [[lictor]]s and spirits in the underworld''
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