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Jacques Offenbach

Jacques Offenbach

1819–1880

Classicalcomposercellistconductortheatre entrepreneur

Quick Facts

Born
1819
Died
1880

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composercellistconductortheatre entrepreneur

Biography

Wikipedia
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 uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre, particularly Franz von Suppé, Johann Strauss II and Arthur Sullivan. His best-known works were continually revived during the 20th century, and many of his operettas continue to be staged in the 21st. The Tales of Hoffmann remains part of the standard opera repertory.

Works & Events

1819

Birth of Jacques Offenbach

birth

Derived from Wikidata date of birth (P569).

1853

Premiere of Pépito (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Variétés

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1855

Premiere of Le violoneux (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1855

Premiere of Les deux aveugles (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1855

Premiere of Tromb-al-ca-zar, ou Les criminels dramatiques (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1855

Premiere of Ba-ta-clan (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1856

Premiere of La rose de Saint-Flour (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1856

Premiere of La bonne d'enfant (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1856

Premiere of Le 66 (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1856

Premiere of Le financier et le savetier (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1857

Premiere of Croquefer, ou Le dernier des paladins (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1857

Premiere of Le mariage aux lanternes (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1857

Premiere of Vent du soir (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1857

Premiere of Une demoiselle en loterie (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1858

Premiere of Orpheus in the Underworld (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1858

Premiere of La chatte métamorphosée en femme (Jacques Offenbach)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1858

Premiere of Mesdames de la Halle (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1859

Premiere of Un mari à la porte (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1859

Premiere of Geneviève de Brabant (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1860

Premiere of Le papillon (Jacques Offenbach)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1860

Premiere of Barkouf (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereOpéra-Comique

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1860

Premiere of Daphnis et Chloé (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1861

Premiere of La chanson de Fortunio (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1861

Premiere of Apothicaire et perruquier (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1861

Premiere of Le pont des soupirs (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1861

Premiere of M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le . . . (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1862

Premiere of Monsieur et Madame Denis (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1862

Premiere of Les bavards (Jacques Offenbach)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1863

Premiere of Lischen et Fritzchen (Jacques Offenbach)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1863

Premiere of Il signor Fagotto (Jacques Offenbach)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1864

Premiere of Die Rheinnixen (Jacques Offenbach)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1864

Premiere of La Belle Hélène (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Variétés

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1866

Premiere of La vie parisienne (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre du Palais-Royal

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1866

Premiere of Barbe-bleue (Jacques Offenbach)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1867

Premiere of La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Variétés

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1867

Premiere of Robinson Crusoé (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereOpéra-Comique

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1867

Premiere of La permission de dix heures (Jacques Offenbach)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1868

Premiere of L'île de Tulipatan (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1868

Premiere of Le château à Toto (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre du Palais-Royal

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1868

Premiere of La Périchole (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Variétés

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1869

Premiere of The Princess of Trébizonde (Jacques Offenbach)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1869

Premiere of Vert-Vert (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereOpéra-Comique

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1869

Premiere of Les brigands (Jacques Offenbach)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1871

Premiere of Boule-de-Neige (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1872

Premiere of Le roi Carotte (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre de la Gaîté-Lyrique

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1872

Premiere of Fantasio (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereOpéra-Comique

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1873

Premiere of Pomme d'api (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre de la Renaissance

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1873

Premiere of La jolie parfumeuse (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre de la Renaissance

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1874

Premiere of Whittington (Jacques Offenbach)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1874

Premiere of Bagatelle (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1874

Premiere of Madame l'archiduc (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1875

Premiere of La créole (Jacques Offenbach)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1875

Premiere of Le voyage dans la lune (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre de la Gaîté-Lyrique

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1876

Premiere of Pierrette et Jacquot (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1877

Premiere of Le docteur Ox (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Variétés

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1878

Premiere of Madame Favart (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Folies-Dramatiques

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1878

Premiere of Maître Péronilla (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1879

Premiere of La fille du tambour-major (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre des Folies-Dramatiques

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1880

Death of Jacques Offenbach

death

Derived from Wikidata date of death (P570).

1880

Premiere of Belle Lurette (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereThéâtre de la Renaissance

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1881

Premiere of The Tales of Hoffmann (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereSalle Favart

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1881

Premiere of The Tales of Hoffmann (Jacques Offenbach)

premiereOpéra-Comique

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1938

Premiere of Gaîté parisienne (Jacques Offenbach)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1965

Premiere of The Game of Love (Jacques Offenbach)

premiere

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

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