Orpheus Paris' Montmartre) in search of his fortune and ultimately to attempt the rescue of his doomed love. The film adapts a widely known piece from Jacques Offenbach's comedic operetta "Orphée aux enfers" ("Orpheus in the Underworld"), identified with the once-popular can-can music hall dance. Offenbach's operatic work had itself parodied the classical tale of Orpheus' attempted rescue of Eurydice from Pluto (Hades). Gavin Bryars' music for Édouard Lock's full length ballet "Dido and Orfeo" (2011) reworks music from the operas "Dido and Aeneas" (Purcell) and "Orfeo ed Euridice" (Gluck) for a small ensemble of saxophone, viola, cello and piano. Orpheus
Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera critical reception of this opera was mixed. Kory Grow of "Rolling Stone" said that the production team "[t]ransformed rock and roll into pure opera," and that this opera is "here to stay." "Musical Toronto"'s Jennifer Liu noted that "Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera" "shines a glaring light on a society which grapples with conflicting models of openness to the world," and that the opera is an "immersive ride for the audience." Arthur Kaptainis of "Montreal Gazette" called the opera "a sullen, gloomy flop given the appearance of success." Graham Strahle from "Music Australia" added that this opera is