Jacques Offenbach
Birth Place: FRANCE
Latest News on Jacques Offenbach:
Review: OPERA À LA CARTE'S ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Del Mar (Oct 6, 2025)
LA VIE PARISIENNE to be Presented at Opera Saratoga (Apr 29, 2025)
Opera Saratoga To Hold Local Auditions in March (Feb 21, 2025)
Review: OPERA À LA CARTE'S ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Del Mar (Oct 6, 2025)
LA VIE PARISIENNE to be Presented at Opera Saratoga (Apr 29, 2025)
Opera Saratoga To Hold Local Auditions in March (Feb 21, 2025)
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Video: First Look at Ramin Karimloo & Isabel Leonard in Washington National Opera's SONGBIRD
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Review: OPERA À LA CARTE'S ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Del Mar
by Ron Bierman - Oct 6, 2025
What did our critic think of OPERA À LA CARTE'S PRODUCTION OF OFFENBACH'S ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD at St. Peter's Episcopal Church Of Del Mar? With even large companies struggling to survive, why did soprano and voice teacher Abla Hamza decide to found Opera À La Carte? Her goals were laudable. As national opportunities continued to shrink, she wanted to provide new ones to local professional opera singers and attract San Diegoans new to opera with lower cost tickets and less intimidating venues. But could she succeed during such a difficult period? Opera À La Carte began with vocal recitals at small venues, and last year graduated to its first full opera.
by Ron Bierman - Oct 6, 2025
What did our critic think of OPERA À LA CARTE'S PRODUCTION OF OFFENBACH'S ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD at St. Peter's Episcopal Church Of Del Mar? With even large companies struggling to survive, why did soprano and voice teacher Abla Hamza decide to found Opera À La Carte? Her goals were laudable. As national opportunities continued to shrink, she wanted to provide new ones to local professional opera singers and attract San Diegoans new to opera with lower cost tickets and less intimidating venues. But could she succeed during such a difficult period? Opera À La Carte began with vocal recitals at small venues, and last year graduated to its first full opera.
LA VIE PARISIENNE to be Presented at Opera Saratoga
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 29, 2025
Opera Saratoga will present La Vie parisienne: composed by Jacques Offenbach, with a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, and a new commissioned book by Tim Drucker. Learn more!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 29, 2025
Opera Saratoga will present La Vie parisienne: composed by Jacques Offenbach, with a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, and a new commissioned book by Tim Drucker. Learn more!
Opera Saratoga To Hold Local Auditions in March
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 21, 2025
For two days in March, Opera Saratoga will hold local auditions for the 2025 Summer Festival Season and beyond, in order to create a local roster of affiliated singers, actors and pianists.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 21, 2025
For two days in March, Opera Saratoga will hold local auditions for the 2025 Summer Festival Season and beyond, in order to create a local roster of affiliated singers, actors and pianists.
Lyric Opera of Chicago to Present Rising Stars In Concert 2025
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 18, 2025
The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center, Lyric Opera of Chicago's renowned artist-development program, will present its annual Rising Stars in Concert. Learn more and see how to attend.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 18, 2025
The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center, Lyric Opera of Chicago's renowned artist-development program, will present its annual Rising Stars in Concert. Learn more and see how to attend.
Exclusive: Listen to 'Migratory V' From Ari Axelrod's Upcoming Album 'A Place for Us: A Celebration of Jewish Broadway'
by Stephi Wild - Jan 16, 2025
Ari Axelrod will release his new album A Place for Us: A Celebration of Jewish Broadway on Friday, January 17. We have your exclusive first listen to the track 'Migratory V', written by Adam Guettel for Myths & Hymns.
by Stephi Wild - Jan 16, 2025
Ari Axelrod will release his new album A Place for Us: A Celebration of Jewish Broadway on Friday, January 17. We have your exclusive first listen to the track 'Migratory V', written by Adam Guettel for Myths & Hymns.
Opera Saratoga Unveils Cast & Creative Teams For 2025 Summer Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 20, 2024
Opera Saratoga has revealed the creative teams for its Summer Festival 2025. See full programming and learn more about the festival, featuring La Vie Parisienne and more!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 20, 2024
Opera Saratoga has revealed the creative teams for its Summer Festival 2025. See full programming and learn more about the festival, featuring La Vie Parisienne and more!
Ari Axelrod to Release A PLACE FOR US: A CELEBRATION OF JEWISH BROADWAY Album
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 6, 2024
PS CLASSICS will release a new album from award-winning musical storyteller Ari Axelrod. A Place for Us: A Celebration of Jewish Broadway will be available on CD and digital formats. Learn more!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 6, 2024
PS CLASSICS will release a new album from award-winning musical storyteller Ari Axelrod. A Place for Us: A Celebration of Jewish Broadway will be available on CD and digital formats. Learn more!
Previews: THE REUNION al TEATRO ARCIMBOLDI e al TEATRO ROSSETTI
by Ettore Farrattini - Dec 4, 2024
Un’unica notte magica nella quale un cast d’eccezione, accompagnato dalla FVG Orchestra diretta da Beatrice Venezi, interpreterà oltre trenta indimenticabili melodie tra cui la celebre “Let it Go” - dal musical Disney “Frozen”, e poi “Wicked”, “Mary Poppins”, “Mamma Mia!”, “Shrek”, “La famiglia Addams”, “Jekyll & Hyde”, “Funny Girl”, “Pretty Woman” e “The Greatest Showman”.
by Ettore Farrattini - Dec 4, 2024
Un’unica notte magica nella quale un cast d’eccezione, accompagnato dalla FVG Orchestra diretta da Beatrice Venezi, interpreterà oltre trenta indimenticabili melodie tra cui la celebre “Let it Go” - dal musical Disney “Frozen”, e poi “Wicked”, “Mary Poppins”, “Mamma Mia!”, “Shrek”, “La famiglia Addams”, “Jekyll & Hyde”, “Funny Girl”, “Pretty Woman” e “The Greatest Showman”.
Review: THE TALES OF HOFFMANN, Royal Ballet and Opera
by Gary Naylor - Nov 8, 2024
Damiano Michieletto brings plenty of pizzazz to Offenbach's crowdpleaser, but wastes some of his on-stage talents
by Gary Naylor - Nov 8, 2024
Damiano Michieletto brings plenty of pizzazz to Offenbach's crowdpleaser, but wastes some of his on-stage talents
ORFEO AN LOS INFIERNOS Comes to Teatro Colon
by Stephi Wild - Oct 21, 2024
Orfeo en los infiernos es una opereta francesa compuesta por Jacques Offenbach, con libreto de Hector Crémieux y Ludovic Halévy. Se considera la primera opereta larga, ya que las obras anteriores de Offenbach eran de un solo acto. Orfeo no solo es más larga, sino que también presenta un enfoque musical más audaz.
by Stephi Wild - Oct 21, 2024
Orfeo en los infiernos es una opereta francesa compuesta por Jacques Offenbach, con libreto de Hector Crémieux y Ludovic Halévy. Se considera la primera opereta larga, ya que las obras anteriores de Offenbach eran de un solo acto. Orfeo no solo es más larga, sino que también presenta un enfoque musical más audaz.
Review: Bernheim Brings His Well-Schooled HOFFMAN to the Met with Elan
by Richard Sasanow - Sep 27, 2024
The Met performed the season’s first TALES OF HOFFMANN (LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN), by Jacques Offenbach, with libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre, also a Sher production, and it was a different story.
by Richard Sasanow - Sep 27, 2024
The Met performed the season’s first TALES OF HOFFMANN (LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN), by Jacques Offenbach, with libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre, also a Sher production, and it was a different story.
HADESTOWN Star André De Shields To Host ORPHEUS SINGS At Orchestra Lumos
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 26, 2024
After acting as narrator for the Orpheus myth in Hadestown on Broadway, Tony-winner André De Shields will host Orchestra Lumos' 'Orpheus Sings'.
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 26, 2024
After acting as narrator for the Orpheus myth in Hadestown on Broadway, Tony-winner André De Shields will host Orchestra Lumos' 'Orpheus Sings'.
Review: ORPHEUS IN HELL at The Castle Opera In Szczecin
by Natalia Jarczynska - Jul 8, 2024
A comic opera with music by Jacques Offenbach, directed by J.J. Polonski, the master of the Polish magical music scene (look at The Beaty and The Beast or Pippin!), which brings the opera feerie into a modern version. Laughter, wild metaphors, fabulous costumes, and a sprinkle of fairy tale magic are mixed like a smoothie made by a unicorn on a sugar high.
by Natalia Jarczynska - Jul 8, 2024
A comic opera with music by Jacques Offenbach, directed by J.J. Polonski, the master of the Polish magical music scene (look at The Beaty and The Beast or Pippin!), which brings the opera feerie into a modern version. Laughter, wild metaphors, fabulous costumes, and a sprinkle of fairy tale magic are mixed like a smoothie made by a unicorn on a sugar high.
LES BRIGANDS Comes to the Paris Opera in September
by Stephi Wild - Jul 8, 2024
Les Brigands by Jacques Offenbach comes to the Palais Garnier from 21 September 2024 to 12 July 2025.
by Stephi Wild - Jul 8, 2024
Les Brigands by Jacques Offenbach comes to the Palais Garnier from 21 September 2024 to 12 July 2025.
In Double Bill Theatro Sao Pedro presents Offenbach's THE SONG OF FORTUNIO and MESDAMES DE LA HALLE
by Claudio Erlichman - May 29, 2024
The Song of Fortunio and Mesdames de La Halle are part of the collection of satirical works by the German composer who became a reference in the creation of operettas. Recitals will be performed by the Opera Academy and the Youth Orchestra of Theatro Sao Pedro, with stage direction by Ines Bushatsky and musical direction by Andre Dos Santos.
by Claudio Erlichman - May 29, 2024
The Song of Fortunio and Mesdames de La Halle are part of the collection of satirical works by the German composer who became a reference in the creation of operettas. Recitals will be performed by the Opera Academy and the Youth Orchestra of Theatro Sao Pedro, with stage direction by Ines Bushatsky and musical direction by Andre Dos Santos.
PUCCINI, BUSONI, OFFENBACH and ROSSINI Announced Among the Attractions of Theatro Sao Pedro's 2024 Season
by Claudio Erlichman - Mar 12, 2024
The lyrical season will feature 12 titles, such as Turandot, by Busoni, Gianni Schicchi, by Puccini, Le Comte Ory, by Rossini, among others. The program also includes ballets, cinema and music, and concerts in a year in which São Pedro establishes partnerships with the Cinemateca, the São Paulo Companhia de Dança and guest orchestras.
by Claudio Erlichman - Mar 12, 2024
The lyrical season will feature 12 titles, such as Turandot, by Busoni, Gianni Schicchi, by Puccini, Le Comte Ory, by Rossini, among others. The program also includes ballets, cinema and music, and concerts in a year in which São Pedro establishes partnerships with the Cinemateca, the São Paulo Companhia de Dança and guest orchestras.
Review: SONGBIRD at Kennedy Center
by Roger Catlin - Mar 12, 2024
There’s an awful lot of death in opera, Timothy O’Leary, the general director of Washington National Opera, lamented on a recent opening night. And those plentiful tragedies are also often further burdened with overbearing scores, turgid storylines, super-large casts and strident if not shrill performances.
by Roger Catlin - Mar 12, 2024
There’s an awful lot of death in opera, Timothy O’Leary, the general director of Washington National Opera, lamented on a recent opening night. And those plentiful tragedies are also often further burdened with overbearing scores, turgid storylines, super-large casts and strident if not shrill performances.
Video: First Look at Ramin Karimloo & Isabel Leonard in Washington National Opera's SONGBIRD
by Joshua Wright - Mar 11, 2024
Check out the new video of Ramin Karimloo's operatic debut in Washington National Opera's Songbird opposite Isabel Leonard, one of America’s leading mezzo-sopranos.
by Joshua Wright - Mar 11, 2024
Check out the new video of Ramin Karimloo's operatic debut in Washington National Opera's Songbird opposite Isabel Leonard, one of America’s leading mezzo-sopranos.
Photos: First Look at Ramin Karimloo & Isabel Leonard in Washington National Opera's SONGBIRD
by Joshua Wright - Mar 8, 2024
BroadwayWorld has a first look at Ramin Karimloo's operatic debut in Washington National Opera's Songbird opposite Isabel Leonard, one of America’s leading mezzo-sopranos. Songbird is a new adaptation of Jacques Offenbach’s operetta La Périchole.
by Joshua Wright - Mar 8, 2024
BroadwayWorld has a first look at Ramin Karimloo's operatic debut in Washington National Opera's Songbird opposite Isabel Leonard, one of America’s leading mezzo-sopranos. Songbird is a new adaptation of Jacques Offenbach’s operetta La Périchole.
Palm Beach Opera Presents THE TALES OF HOFFMANN at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 27, 2024
Palm Beach Opera (PBO) continues its record-breaking season with Jacques Offenbach's spellbinding “The Tales of Hoffmann” Friday, March 1 through Sunday, March 3 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 27, 2024
Palm Beach Opera (PBO) continues its record-breaking season with Jacques Offenbach's spellbinding “The Tales of Hoffmann” Friday, March 1 through Sunday, March 3 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How many shows has Jacques Offenbach written?
Jacques Offenbach has written 25 shows including La Belle Hélène (Composer), La Jolie Parfumeuse (Composer), The Gay Parisienne (Composer), Orpheus in the Underworld (Composer), Madame Favart (Composer), Béjart: Ballet of the Twentieth Century (Composer), Barbe-Bleue (Composer), The Grand Duchess of Gérolstein (Composer), Paris and Helen (Composer), La Chanson de Fortunio (Composer), Les Brigands (Composer), Les Géorgiennes (Composer), Le Roi Carotte (Composer), The Princess of Trébizonde! (Composer), The Alsatians (Composer), La Belle Hélène (Composer), Tales of Hoffmann (Librettist), The Love Song (Composer), Helen (Composer), Helen Goes to Troy (Composer), The Happiest Girl in the World (Composer), Anatol (Composer), La Belle (Source Material), La Belle Hélène (Composer), The Wicked World of Bel Ami (Composer).
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