Jacques Offenbach Offenbach by Nadar (c. 1870s) Jacques Offenbach (/ ˈɒfənbɑːx /; [n 1] 20 June 1819 – 5 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario. …

Jacques Offenbach (born June 20, 1819, Cologne, Prussia [Germany]—died October 5, 1880, Paris, France) was a composer who created a type of light burlesque French comic opera …

Jan 15, 2024 · Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) was a composer of German birth who took French citizenship and became famous in Paris for his comic operettas, a genre he created...

Offenbach was the main founder of operetta—light opera with dialogue. He continued a successful career largely devoted to it and operas comiques. In 1855, he opened his own …

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But it turned out that Hoffmann, an extended meditation on the relationship between art and life, and the nature of creativity, was his last word. Offenbach died in October 1880, leaving the …

Jacques Offenbach was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his un...