Eurydice stops to beg him to stop playing his latest concerto, as it deeply offends her. She cannot stand Orpheus scraping his fiddle, adding insult to injury. She confesses to him that she loves Aristaeus and they confront each other about their unhappy marriage. Suddenly, a bluegrass teacher and fiddler named Orpheus appears, who is having an affair with a long-haired boy named Aristaeus. Eurydice, a child flower seller with head wreaths and daisy chains, enters and sings. It is a bustling afternoon in Spring Basin Park, typically found in Eureka Springs, Arkansas in the 1960s. After a brief overture, we find ourselves.
In the realm of the underworld, Pluto takes her down to live with him, so she can briefly bring her life back. Eurydice falls into Hades’ arms, as Pluto turns into his true self suddenly, Lord of the underworld. Fate meant suffering for Aristaeus, but Eurydice follows him. She tries to stop him from entering the park, but he ignores her. Orpheus decides to get rid of Aristaeus, which surprises him with a nasty surprise in the park (a poisoned bow with rosin!). Orpheus warns him and leaves him in the park, which surprises him with a nasty surprise (he left his bow with poisoned rosin!). Opinion Public will not allow Aristaeus to relinquish Eurydice’s love, but Orpheus would.
Reluctantly, he acknowledges, being mindful of his professional reputation, protests Orpheus. He is reminded of the shame of divorce and the sanctity of marriage, and disapproves of the separation as she demands that Orpheus go down to Hades to get Eurydice back. Orpheus enters Public Opinion, realizing how pleased he is to be rid of his wife and, after his initial surprise, finds a note from Eurydice. His joy is short-lived.
The messenger Mercury, a young god who exudes confidence and arrogance, arrives in Olympus New to report his findings. However, upon their return home, Mars and Cupid are clearly exhausted from a night of revelry and merrymaking at the gin mill party. They have been partying in the Louisiana backwoods swampy bayou, where the gods have changed the scene and transformed Olympus New. Jupiter, the powerful god, orders the arrival of the young and confident god to investigate the disappearance of Eurydice.
Orpheus, who is now reduced to being the jailer of Pluto, tries to entertain Eurydice with a past account of his royal days. She is guarded by King Styx, the former ruler of Beotia. In Hades, Pluto is keeping Eurydice in his underground boudoir, and he has lied to Jupiter about her whereabouts. Orpheus enters together with the Public Opinion, with the intention of asking Jupiter to restore his wife, which is the honorable thing to do.
On the mythical mountain of New Olympus, Jupiter extends an invitation to Eurydice to join him after a passionate courtship. Eurydice is captivated by a bee, and Jupiter, utilizing his ability to transform, morphs into a bee in order to effortlessly fly through the locked door’s keyhole. Being drawn to the flower Eurydice, Jupiter is reminded of his incredible powers of metamorphosis. In an attempt to locate the elusive Eurydice, Cupid employs the services of the Love Detectives. Cupid enlists the assistance of his own child, Jupiter, who is deeply infatuated with Eurydice and becomes fixated on finding her. However, when Orpheus and the gods arrive in the Underworld, Eurydice is concealed by Styx.
Can-Can, the lively and captivating operetta, pleases everyone else but disappoints the crowd with its low morals. Public Opinion is delighted by whoever goes to see it, and considers Euridyce a free-spirited woman. However, when Orpheus fails the test, Euridyce is forever lost and he cannot look back at her to bring her back. Jupiter tells Orpheus that he can take his wife under one condition, but Public Opinion is dissatisfied with this outcome. When Jupiter accuses Eurydice of being abducted again and tries to make her disappear, Jupiter’s path is blocked by Pluto. This is when she realizes that she is actually disguised as a follower of Bacchus, the god of wine, and attends as a bacchante.