In Jacques Offenbach's operetta "Orpheus in the Underworld", Pluto arrives on Olympus with a stick of sausage and on skis, and the Olympian gods, tired of ambrosia, are ready to stage a revolution

In Jacques Offenbach's operetta "Orpheus in the Underworld", Pluto arrives on Olympus with a stick of sausage and on skis, and the Olympian gods, tired of ambrosia, are ready to stage a revolution. Jupiter, meanwhile, turns into a fly, seduces Eurydice and gives himself up to love with her in the guise of an insect, buzzing most comically. A rather entertaining reworking of the ancient myth. I recommend watching the production with the eccentric Natalie Dessay.

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the

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In Jacques Offenbach's operetta "Orpheus in the Underworld", Pluto arrives on Olympus with a stick of sausage and on skis, and the Olympian gods, tired of ambrosia, are ready to stage a revolution

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

Frederic Leighton

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