The Fly Duet from Orphée aux enfers

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Original – Fly duet from Jacques Offenbach's Orphée aux enfers with Jeanne Granier as Eurydice and Eugène Vauthier as Jupiter. 1887 revival.
Alt 1: Submitted for your approval: A colourised version. Wilfredor researched costumes and tried to get as accurate colours as possible, and I really like his work. There's a little speculation in colourisation, though. On the other hand, it makes the image much easier to interpret at a glance.
Reason
A really fun - and particularly daring for 1887! - photo of a ridiculous scene in a ridiculous opera. The wings are drawn on in multiple versions of this image; I presume the real ones didn't photograph well with the long shots of the time. Really encyclopædic for the scene.
Articles in which this image appears
Orpheus in the Underworld, Jeanne Granier
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE, I suppose
Creator
Atelier Nadar, restored by Adam Cuerden. The alternate was based on my work, but colourised by Wilfredor.

Promoted File:Atelier Nadar - Fly scene from Offenbach's Orphée aux enfers with Jeanne Granier as Eurydice and Eugène Vauthier as Jupiter, 1887 revival, wide-angle shot.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:09, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]