Orpheus in the Underworld Gable, conducted by Alexander Faris. 1997: The Lyon production is also issued on DVD with Minkowski conducting, Natalie Dessay, Laurent Naouri, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Yann Beuron and others in a production by Laurent Pelly (TDK DV-OPOAE). This is basically the two-act version. Orpheus in the Underworld Orphée aux enfers, whose title translates from the French as Orpheus in the Underworld, is an opéra bouffon (a form of operetta), or opéra féerie in its revised version. Its score was composed by Jacques Offenbach to a French text written by Ludovic Halévy and later revised by Hector-Jonathan Crémieux. The work, first performed in
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