Can Can - Galop Infernal - Orpheus in the Underworld - Offenbach

Can–Can (Galop Infernal)
(Easy Version)
(Jacques Offenbach)

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Can–Can (Galop Infernal)
(Easy Version)
by Jacques Offenbach

Poster Can Can

Can – Can ” (Galop Infernal) is a dance from the opera Orpheus in the Underworld or Orpheus in Hell being English names for Orphée aux enfers, a comic opera with music by Jacques Offenbach and words by Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy. It was first performed as a two-act “opéra bouffon” at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, Paris, on 21 October 1858, and was extensively revised and expanded in a four-act “opéra féerie” version, presented at the Théâtre de la Gaîté, Paris, on 7 February 1874.

Lyrics


Can – Can (Infernal Galop)
(English – Translation)

This ball is original
Of an infernal gallop
Let’s all give the signal
Long live the hellish gallop!
Give the signal
Of an infernal gallop
Friends, long live the ball
Long live the ball

This ball is original
Of an infernal gallop
Let’s all give the signal
Long live the hellish gallop!
Give the signal
Of an infernal gallop
Friends, long live the ball
Long live the ball

Galop Infernal
(French – Original)

Ce bal est original
D’un galop infernal
Donnons tous le signal
Vive la galop infernal!
Donnons le signal
D’un galop infernal
Amis, vive le bal
Vive le bal

Ce bal est original
D’un galop infernal
Donnons tous le signal
Vive la galop infernal!
Donnons le signal
D’un galop infernal
Amis, vive le bal
Vive le bal

Songwriters: Jacques Offenbach / Hector Crémieux / Ludovic Halévy