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BERLIN — The composer Jacques Offenbach captured the streets of mid-19th-century Paris like no other. But while he produced about 130 scores for the stage, his profile is often reduced to a ...
When Jacques Offenbach began writing The Tales of Hoffmann, in 1877, he hoped the opera would boost his reputation to a whole new level. It did exactly that — but unfortunately, the composer ...
“Songbird,” the adaptation of Offenbach’s operetta “La Périchole” now playing at the Washington National Opera, harks back to the days when Covid-19 forced arts groups to find new ways ...
11/11/2019 November 11, 2019. It's Jacques Offenbach's 200th anniversary year, and this broadcast is a chance to get better acquainted with the versatile composer.
Completed in 2023 in Offenbach am Main, Germany. Images by Kirsten Bucher. The city of Offenbach approached us with a request to design a bus stop at a prominent location that would stand out from ...
Through his sharp wit, much of Offenbach’s work mocked the establishment, attacked political governance, and satirized societal norms, including parodies of traditional musical forms and specific wo ...
Offenbach kicked off all of his highly successful satirical operettas with fizzing, tuneful overtures. Orpheus in the Underworld, La Belle Hélène, La Vie parisienne are all here along with The Tales ...
Admired yet underestimated: that was the fate of German-French operetta composer Jacques Offenbach, who died 140 ago. Here's a look back at his work.
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The final Act of Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, the ‘Galop infernal’ (the Can-Can). Picture: Barbara Pálffy / Volksoper Wien Ledoux recounts the story of her courageous choice in a recent ...