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Jacques Offenbach
- The Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens (French: [teɑtʁ de buf paʁizjɛ̃]) is a Parisian theatre founded in 1855 by the composer Jacques Offenbach for the performance of opéra bouffe and operetta.
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The Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens (French: [teɑtʁ de buf paʁizjɛ̃]) is a Parisian theatre founded in 1855 by the composer Jacques Offenbach for the performance of opéra bouffe and operetta. The current theatre is located in the 2nd arrondissement at 4 rue Monsigny with an entrance at the back at 65 Passage Choiseul.
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, and for the more serious opera, The Tales...
- Mark Cartwright
In his early pieces for the Bouffes-Parisiens, the size of the orchestra pit had restricted Offenbach to an orchestra of sixteen players. He composed for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, two horns, piston, trombone, percussion (including timpani) and a small string section of seven players.
Mar 29, 2024 · 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 known as the opérette, which became one of the most characteristic artistic products of the period.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jacques Offenbach, the operetta composer who would become "King of the Second Empire" and whose music would define the character of a generation in mid-nineteenth-century Paris, was born Jakob Offenbach in Cologne, Germany.
Offenbach renamed it the Bouffes Parisiens and programmed a series of short comic, and sometimes mildly satirical, pieces. It turned out to be one of the great successes of the six-month exhibition. He had found the first ingredient for his formula: musical satire.
Aka “the Mozart of the Champs-Elysees,” Offenbach was a composer of brilliant operettas and one repertory opera, The Tales of Hoffmann. His operettas are infused with social commentary. Vital Statistics. Born: June 20, 1819, Cologne, Germany. Died: October 5, 1880, Paris. Nationality: German. Period: Romantic. Performed As: Cellist.
