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Jacques Offenbach (/ ˈ ɒ f ən b ɑː x /; 20 June 1819 – 5 October 1880) 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 .
Jun 16, 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 / ʒ a k ɔ f ɛ n b a k / [2] (de l'allemand Jakob Offenbach / ˈ j a ː k ɔ p ˈ ɔ f n̩ ˌ b a x / [3]), né le 20 juin 1819 à Cologne et mort le 5 octobre 1880 à Paris est un compositeur et violoncelliste allemand naturalisé français [4].
- 5 octobre 1880 (à 61 ans)Paris 9e ( France)
- Jakob Offenbach
- 20 juin 1819Cologne ( Prusse)
- Le Petit Mozart des Champs-Élysées
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 of Hoffmann.
- Mark Cartwright
Born on June 20, 1819 in Cologne, son of a synagogue cantor, Jacques (Jacob) Offenbach began composing at the age of nine and showed great talent for the cello. His father sent him to study in Paris, the only city at the time where a Jewish musician could hope to make a career.
Jacques Offenbach is a name that resonates in the annals of classical music, specifically in the realm of operetta. A composer, cellist, and impresario of the Romantic period, his influence extends beyond his own creations to the works of other eminent composers like Johann Strauss, Jr. and Arthur Sullivan.
Jacques Offenbach was a composer-entrepreneur in search of the perfect formula for the musical stage. When he found it, in La belle Hélène and La Périchole, it brought him fame and fortune.
