ACT 1
In this burlesque version of the classical fable, Pluto, King of the Underworld, has ascended to Earth in amorous pursuit of the beautiful Eurydice, wife of the musician, Orpheus. Pluto has taken the name of Aristaeus and, disguised as a shepherd, has taken a cottage, near Thebes, opposite that of Orpheus and Eurydice. Fed up with her husband's symphonies and infidelities, Eurydice responds eagerly to Aristaeus' (Pluto's) advances. The only fly in the ointment is Calliope, Orpheus' formidable mother and muse of epic poetry. She is determined to defend her son's good name. Pluto, however, is able to arrange Eurydice's death by snake-bite, and so takes her off with him to Hades. At his mother's insistence, the unwilling Orpheus is persuaded to lodge a complaint with none other than the King of the Gods, Jupiter, to seek his wife's return. Mother and Son quickly set off for Olympus in their hot-air balloon!

ACT 2
It is dawn on Mount Olympus and Jupiter is soon haranguing the Gods and Goddesses for their immoral behaviour — he has even turned Diana's earthly lover into a stag! Their bickering is soon interrupted by Mercury's arrival with news of Eurydice's abduction by Pluto. Mercury is immediately dispatched to Hades to summon Pluto to an interview on Mount Olympus. On their return journey both note, with some surprise, the balloon containing Calliope, Orpheus and the pilot, Icarus, on its way to Olympus. Aghast at this news, Jupiter first attempts to deal with Pluto, secretly deciding to have a closer look at the fair Eurydice himself. His own amorous adventures are mocked by the now rebellious Gods and Goddesses, whom he is persuaded to take with him to Hades after hearing Orpheus' complaint. Transportation: Courtesy of Concorde!

ACT 3 SCENE 1
Confined to Pluto's den in Hades, Eurydice is bored, with only the 'old Weirdie' Styx for company. On Pluto's return, with Jupiter and the rest, she is locked up in 'the Lumber Room'. With Cupid's help, Jupiter finds her here and, disguised as a Fly, woos and wins her — temporarily.

ACT 3 SCENE 2
Pluto has arranged a splendid entertainment for the Gods — aided by his private troupe of dancers, the Bacchantes. During the frenzied festivities, Eurydice has found another admirer, Bacchus, God of Wine. The jealousy of Pluto and Jupiter is interrupted by, first, a minuet, then a wild gallop and, finally, the arrival of Orpheus and Calliope. However, Orpheus fails Jupiter's conditions for winning back his wife, and, allowed to choose for herself, Eurydice claims Bacchus, much to Jupiter and Pluto's anger and Orpheus' relief. On this surprising note the operetta ends — 'Not as Homer once intended"!