 Eurydice finds that death is not so bad when the God of Death is in love with one ("La mort m'apparaît souriante").They descend into the Underworld as soon as Eurydice has left a note telling her husband she has been unavoidably detained.All seems to be going well for Orphée until Public Opinion catches up with him, and threatens to ruin his violin teaching career unless he goes to rescue his wife.