Editing Orpheus in the Underworld (section)

====Act 2, Scene 2: The banks of the Styx====
The scene shifts to a huge party the gods are having, where ambrosia, nectar, and propriety are nowhere to be seen ({{lang|fr|"Vive le vin! Vive Pluton!"}}).<ref>Crémieux, p. 95</ref> Eurydice is present, disguised as a [[bacchante]] ({{lang|fr|"J'ai vu le dieu Bacchus"}}),<ref>Crémieux, p. 96</ref> but Jupiter's plan to sneak her out is interrupted by calls for a dance. Jupiter insists on a minuet, which everybody else finds boring ({{lang|fr|"La la la. Le menuet n'est vraiment si charmant"}}). Things liven up as the most famous number in the opera, the "Galop infernal", begins, and all present throw themselves into it with wild abandon ({{lang|fr|"Ce bal est original"}}).<ref>Crémieux, p. 98</ref>

Ominous violin music heralds the approach of Orphée (Entrance of Orphée and Public Opinion),<ref>Crémieux, p. 103</ref> but Jupiter has a plan, and promises to keep Eurydice away from her husband. As with the standard myth, Orphée must not look back, or he will lose Eurydice forever ({{lang|fr|"Ne regarde pas en arrière!"}}).<ref>Crémieux, p. 105</ref> Public Opinion keeps a close eye on him, to keep him from cheating, but Jupiter throws a lightning bolt, making him jump and look back, and Eurydice vanishes.<ref>Crémieux, p. 106</ref> Amid the ensuing turmoil, Jupiter proclaims that she will henceforth belong to the god Bacchus and become one of his priestesses. Public Opinion is not pleased, but Pluton has had enough of Eurydice, Orphée is free of her, and all ends happily.<ref>Crémieux, p. 107</ref>