http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachs-rediscovered-underwater-ballet-le-royaume-de-neptune-1874-orphee-aux-enfers/ The #1 Archive for Musical Theater Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:54:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachs-rediscovered-underwater-ballet-le-royaume-de-neptune-1874-orphee-aux-enfers/#comment-11422 Sat, 22 Jul 2023 00:46:48 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18228#comment-11422 The aquatic (and aerial) ballet had been a feature of the Parisian opéra-bouffe féerie for a long, long time before ORPHÉE. Check out, for example, BABIL AND BIJOU.

]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachs-rediscovered-underwater-ballet-le-royaume-de-neptune-1874-orphee-aux-enfers/#comment-9462 Sat, 19 Jun 2021 10:47:59 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18228#comment-9462 In this context Busby Berkeley is the logical train of thought. But who nowadays remembers the production number By a waterfall from Footlight Parade (1933), or even more fitting- the Birth of Venus sequence in Spin a little web of dreams in Fashions of 1934? Esther Williams is, being an MGM Star, just the last still known female non singing musical stars of the pre 1950s.

]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/offenbachs-rediscovered-underwater-ballet-le-royaume-de-neptune-1874-orphee-aux-enfers/#comment-9061 Tue, 23 Feb 2021 20:51:02 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18228#comment-9061 how in the world is Aquaman the first thing to pop in your head when contemplating an underwater ballet by Offenbach?

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