Editing Orpheus in the Underworld (section)

==Recordings==
[[File:Jules Chéret - Poster for Jacques Offenbach's Orphée aux enfers at the Bouffes Parisiens - Original.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|alt=Brightly coloured theatre poster, depicting another party in Hades|Poster for 1867 revival]]

===Audio===
====In French====
There are three full-length recordings. The first, from 1951 features the Paris Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by [[René Leibowitz]], with Jean Mollien (Orphée), Claudine Collart (Eurydice), Bernard Demigny (Jupiter) and André Dran (Pluton); it uses the 1858 version.<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/611370392 "Orphée aux enfers"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423191629/https://www.worldcat.org/title/offenbach-j-orphee-aux-enfers-operetta-mollien-collart-leibowitz-1951/oclc/611370392%26referer%3Dbrief_results |date=23 April 2019 }}, WorldCat. Retrieved 23 April 2019 {{oclc|611370392}}</ref> A 1978 issue from EMI employs the expanded 1874 version; it features the [[Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse|Chorus and Orchestra of the Toulouse Capitol]] conducted by [[Michel Plasson]], with Michel Sénéchal (Orphée), [[Mady Mesplé]] (Eurydice), Michel Trempont (Jupiter) and [[Charles Burles]] (Pluton).<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77269752 "Orphée aux enfers"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423191703/https://www.worldcat.org/title/orphee-aux-enfers-opera-feerie-en-4-actes/oclc/77269752%26referer%3Dbrief_results |date=23 April 2019 }}, WorldCat. Retrieved 23 April 2019 {{oclc|77269752}}</ref> A 1997 recording of the 1858 score with some additions from the 1874 revision features the Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra National de Lyon, conducted by Marc Minkowski, with Yann Beuron (Orphée), Natalie Dessay (Eurydice), Laurent Naouri (Jupiter) and Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Pluton).<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/809216810 "Orphée aux enfers"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423190123/https://www.worldcat.org/title/orphee-aux-enfers/oclc/809216810%26referer%3Dbrief_results |date=23 April 2019 }}, WorldCat. Retrieved 23 April 2019 {{oclc|809216810}}</ref>

====In English====
{{As of|alt=As at 2022|2025}} the only recording of the full work made in English is the 1995 D'Oyly Carte production, conducted by [[John Owen Edwards]] with David Fieldsend (Orpheus), [[Mary Hegarty]] (Eurydice), [[Richard Suart]] (Jupiter), and Barry Patterson (Pluto). It uses the 1858 score with some additions from the 1874 revision. The English text is by Jeremy Sams.<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/162231323 "Orpheus in the Underworld"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416190959/https://www.worldcat.org/title/orpheus-in-the-underworld/oclc/162231323 |date=16 April 2019 }}, WorldCat. Retrieved 23 April 2019. {{oclc|162231323}}</ref> Extended excerpts were recorded of two earlier productions: Sadler's Wells (1960), conducted by Alexander Faris, with [[June Bronhill]] as Eurydice and [[Eric Shilling]] as Jupiter;<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/223103509 "Orpheus in the Underworld"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416173926/https://www.worldcat.org/title/orpheus-in-the-underworld/oclc/223103509 |date=16 April 2019 }}, WorldCat. Retrieved 23 April 2019.{{oclc|223103509}}</ref> and English National Opera (1985), conducted by [[Mark Elder]], with Stuart Kale (Orpheus), [[Lillian Watson (soprano)|Lillian Watson]] (Eurydice), [[Richard Angas]] (Jupiter) and [[Émile Belcourt]] (Pluto).<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/973664218 "Orpheus in the Underworld"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416190958/https://www.worldcat.org/title/orpheus-in-the-underworld-highlights/oclc/973664218 |date=16 April 2019 }}, WorldCat. Retrieved 23 April 2019.{{oclc| 973664218}}</ref>

====In German====
There have been three full-length recordings in German. The first, recorded in 1958, features the [[North German Radio Symphony Orchestra]] and Chorus conducted by [[Paul Burkhard]], with [[Heinz Hoppe]] (Orpheus), [[Anneliese Rothenberger]] as Eurydice (Eurydike), [[Max Hansen (tenor)|Max Hansen]] as Jupiter and [[Ferry Gruber]] as Pluto.<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/762494356 "Orphée aux Enfers: sung in German"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423203544/https://www.worldcat.org/title/orphee-aux-enfers-sung-in-german/oclc/762494356 |date=23 April 2019 }}, WorldCat. Retrieved 23 April 2019 {{oclc|762494356}}</ref> Rothenberger repeated her role in a 1978 EMI set, with the [[Philharmonia Hungarica]] and [[Cologne Opera]] Chorus conducted by Willy Mattes, with Adolf Dellapozza (Orpheus), [[Benno Kusche]] (Jupiter) and Gruber (Pluto).<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/938532010 "Orpheus in der Unterwelt: buffoneske Oper in zwei Akten (vier Bildern)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423201945/https://www.worldcat.org/title/orpheus-in-der-unterwelt-buffoneske-oper-in-zwei-akten-vier-bildern/oclc/938532010 |date=23 April 2019 }}, WorldCat. Retrieved 23 April 2019 {{oclc|938532010}}</ref> A recording based on the 1983 Berlin production by Götz Friedrich features the Orchestra and Chorus of [[Deutsche Oper Berlin]], conducted by [[Jesús López Cobos]], with [[Donald Grobe]] (Orpheus), [[Julia Migenes]] (Eurydike), [[Hans Beirer]] (Jupiter) and [[George Shirley]] (Pluto).<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/title/orpheus-in-der-unterwelt/oclc/854864814, "Orpheus in der Unterwelt"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423200504/https://www.worldcat.org/title/orpheus-in-der-unterwelt/oclc/854864814, |date=23 April 2019 }}. WorldCat. Retrieved 23 April 2019 {{oclc|854864814}}</ref>

===Video===
Recordings have been released on DVD based on [[Herbert Wernicke]]'s 1997 production at the [[Théâtre de la Monnaie]], Brussels, with Alexandru Badea (Orpheus), [[Elizabeth Vidal]] (Eurydice), [[Dale Duesing]] (Jupiter) and Reinaldo Macias (Pluton),<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/156744586 "Orphée aux enfers"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423184414/https://www.worldcat.org/title/orphee-aux-enfers-an-opera-in-two-acts-and-four-scenes/oclc/156744586%26referer%3Dbrief_results |date=23 April 2019 }}, WorldCat. Retrieved 23 April 2019 {{oclc|156744586}}</ref> and Laurent Pelly's production from the same year, with Natalie Dessay (Eurydice), Yann Beuron (Orphée), Laurent Naouri (Jupiter) and Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Pluton).<ref name=lyon>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/987620990 "Orphée aux enfers"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423184408/https://www.worldcat.org/title/orphee-aux-enfers/oclc/987620990%26referer%3Dbrief_results |date=23 April 2019 }}, WorldCat. Retrieved 23 April 2019. {{oclc|987620990}}</ref> A version in English made for the [[BBC]] in 1983 has been issued on DVD. It is conducted by Faris and features Alexander Oliver (Orpheus), Lillian Watson (Eurydice), [[Denis Quilley]] (Jupiter) and Émile Belcourt (Pluto).<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/742448334 "Orpheus in the Underworld"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423184411/https://www.worldcat.org/title/orpheus-in-the-underworld/oclc/742448334%26referer%3Dbrief_results |date=23 April 2019 }}, WorldCat. Retrieved 23 April 2019. {{oclc|742448334}}</ref> The Berlin production by Friedrich was filmed in 1984 and has been released as a DVD;<ref name=gf/> a DVD of the Salzburg Festival production directed by Kosky was published in 2019.<ref>WorldCat {{oclc|1121483592}}</ref>