Orpheus in the Underworld by Offenbach, Alkaen (1999/1999), Ohjannut Ozren Prohić,, Musiikinjohto Niksa Bareza, Hari Zlodre, HNK (Croatian National Theater), Split, Croatia

Offenbach was an astonishingly fast and prolific composer. He easily found catchy melodies that he would introduce with the skill of a genius into the rhythms of the popular dances of the time and the frames of the city's, Parisian musical folklore. Offenbach's stage parodies or operetta satires dissect all layers of society with surgical precision, not even avoiding its top. The best example of his active creative relationship with the environment is Orpheus in the Underground, one of the master's most famous operettas in which the object of satire is the highest level of government. In fact, Orpheus illuminated the background against which the scenes of dictatorship unfolded. It is easy to see contemporary analogies with Jupiter, the father of the gods who lurks on every pretty face, with Juno, his wife, who is consumed by jealousy, with the double click of the gods who follow the example of their master...