Editing Orpheus in the Underworld (section)

===Britain===
[[File:Orphée-aux-enfers-Royalty-London-1876.jpg|thumb|alt=cover of theatre programme with drawing of the cast in ancient Greek costume|Programme for the 1876 London production, given in English despite the French title]]
The first London production of the work was at [[Her Majesty's Theatre]] in December 1865, in an English version by [[J. R. Planché]] titled ''Orpheus in the Haymarket''.<ref name=hay>"Haymarket", ''The Athenaeum'', 30 December 1865, p. 933</ref>{{refn|This production featured [[David Nunn Fisher|David Fisher]] (Orpheus), Louise Keeley (Eurydice), [[William Farren Jr.|William Farren]] (Jupiter) and (Thomas?) Bartleman (Pluto).<ref name=hay/>|group=n}} There were [[West End theatre|West End]] productions in the original French in 1869 and 1870 by companies headed by [[Hortense Schneider]].<ref name=l1869>"The London Theatres", ''The Era'', 18 July 1869, p. 11</ref><ref name=l1870>"Princess's Theatre", ''The Morning Post'', 23 June 1870, p. 6</ref>{{refn|In the 1869 cast at the [[St James's Theatre]], Schneider appeared with M. Beance (Orphée), L. Desmonts (Jupiter) and [[José Dupuis]] (Pluton);<ref name=l1869/> in 1870, at the [[Princess's Theatre, London|Princess's Theatre]], she appeared with Henri Tayau (Orphée), M. Desmonts (Jupiter) and M. Carrier (Pluton).<ref name=l1870/>|group=n}} English versions followed by [[Alfred Thompson (librettist)|Alfred Thompson]] (1876) and [[Henry Sambrooke Leigh|Henry S. Leigh]] (1877).<ref name=e76>"The Royalty", ''The Era'', 31 December 1876, p. 12</ref><ref name=lr>"Alhambra Theatre", ''The London Reader'', 26 May 1877, p. 76</ref>{{refn|These productions were at [[Royalty Theatre]] and the [[Alhambra Theatre]], and featured, respectively, [[Walter H. Fisher|Walter Fisher]] (Orpheus), [[Kate Santley]] (Eurydice), J. D. Stoyle (Jupiter) and Henry Hallam (Pluto),<ref name=e76/> and M. Loredan (Orpheus), Kate Munroe (Eurydice), Harry Paulton (Jupiter) and W. H. Woodfield (Pluto).<ref name=lr/>|group=n}} An adaptation by [[Herbert Beerbohm Tree]] and [[Alfred Noyes]] opened at His Majesty's in 1911.<ref name=a11>"Dramatic Gossip", ''The Athenaeum'', 23 December 1911, p. 806</ref>{{refn|The 1911 production had additional music by [[Frederic Norton]], and featured [[Courtice Pounds]] (Orpheus), Eleanor Perry (Eurydice), [[Frank Stanmore (actor)|Frank Stanmore]] (Jupiter) and Lionel Mackinder (Pluto).<ref name=a11/>|group=n}} The opera was not seen again in London until 1960, when a new adaptation by [[Geoffrey Dunn (20th century singer, actor, director and translator)|Geoffrey Dunn]] opened at [[Sadler's Wells Theatre]];<ref name=cm>Mason, Colin. "Jolly good fun", ''The Guardian'', 19 May 1960, p. 11</ref>{{refn|The 1960 production featured Kevin Miller (Orpheus), [[June Bronhill]] (Eurydice), [[Eric Shilling]] (Jupiter) and [[Jon Weaving]] (Pluto).<ref name=cm/>|group=n}} this production by Wendy Toye was frequently revived between 1960 and 1974.<ref>"A Modern Orpheus", ''The Times'', 18 May 1960, p.18; "Racy Production of Orpheus", ''The Times'', 15 August 1961, p. 11; "Bank Holiday in Hades", ''The Times'', 24 April 1962, p. 14; Sadie, Stanley. "Spacious Orpheus", ''The Times'', 23 August 1968, p. 12; and Blyth, Alan. "Victory for Sadler's Wells Opera over name", ''The Times'', 4 January 1974, p. 8</ref> An English version by [[Snoo Wilson]] for [[English National Opera]] (ENO), mounted at the [[London Coliseum]] in 1985,<ref>Gilbert, pp. 372–373</ref> was revived there in 1987.<ref>Hoyle, Martin. "British Opera Diary: Orpheus in the Underworld. English National Opera at the London Coliseum, May 2", ''[[Opera (British magazine)|Opera]]'', July 1987, p. 184</ref> A co-production by [[Opera North]] and the [[D'Oyly Carte Opera Company]] in a version by [[Jeremy Sams]] opened in 1992 and was revived several times.<ref>Higgins, John. [https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=TTDA&u=wellcome&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CIF0503324663&asid=1667707200000~e8aae01f "A midsummer night's pantomime"], ''The Times'', 23 June 1992, p. 2[S]; and Milnes, Rodney. [https://galeapps.gale.com/apps/auth?userGroupName=&origURL=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.gale.com%2Fps%2Fi.do%3Fp%3DTTDA%26u%3D%26v%3D2.1%26it%3Dr%26id%3DGALE%257CIF0503356838&prodId=TTDA#fullCitation&source=Bookmark&u=wellcome&jsid=b9d23de8e4d88c90dc747c66144f2d64 "All down to a hell of a good snigger"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105132311/https://galeapps.gale.com/apps/auth?userGroupName=&origURL=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.gale.com%2Fps%2Fi.do%3Fp%3DTTDA%26u%3D%26v%3D2.1%26it%3Dr%26id%3DGALE%257CIF0503356838&prodId=TTDA#fullCitation&source=Bookmark&u=wellcome&jsid=b9d23de8e4d88c90dc747c66144f2d64 |date=2022-11-05 }}, ''The Times'', 22 March 1993, p. 29</ref> In 2019 ENO presented a new production directed by [[Emma Rice]], which opened to unfavourable reviews.<ref>Canning, Hugh. "Vulgar down below", ''The Sunday Times'', 13 October 2019, p. 23; Maddocks, Fiona. "The week in classical", ''The Observer'', 12 October 2019, p. 33; Morrison, Richard. "Offenbach without bite: Emma Rice's ENO debut is too earnest and not funny enough", ''The Times'', 7 October 2019, p. 11; Jeal, Erica. "Orpheus in the Underworld", ''The Guardian'', 6 October 2019, p. 11; Christiansen, Rupert. "Orpheus falls victim to the curse of the Coli", ''The Daily Telegraph'', 7 October 2019, p. 24; and Hall, George, [https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2019/orpheus-in-the-underworld-emma-rice-review-at-london-coliseum/ "Orpheus in the Underworld review at London Coliseum – Emma Rice's misjudged production"], ''The Stage'', 6 October 2019.</ref>