Orphée
See more songs from Jacques Offenbach Ludovic Halévy Hector-Jonathon Crémieux
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Although he is the title role in this opera, Orphée (English: Orpheus) has limited involvement with the main story. He is still a musician, as in the myth, although now he plays the violin rather than the lute, and even has a group of young violin students. In the myth,
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