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Offenbach: Orpheus in der Unterwelt- Theater der Stadt Cottbus

Item

Identifier: PA-0137
Title: Offenbach: Orpheus in der Unterwelt- Theater der Stadt Cottbus
Creator: Böhm
Organization: Theater der Stadt Cottbus--Performances--Germany (East)
Date Created: 1983
Extent: 81 x 57
Description: This poster is blue with a green and pink elaborate frame featuring a caricatured portrait of Shakespeare stabbing a nude Greek statue with a violin bow. The text is above and below. This poster advertises for the French opera "Orpheus in the Underword" by Jacques Offenbach.
Subject: Opera--Performances--Germany (East)—Posters; Opera; Classical Music; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880; Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C.
Medium: Theatrical Posters
Spatial Coverage: Cottbus

Item sets: East German Posters