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Composer
Jacques Offenbach Jacques Offenbach
1819 - 1880 DE 1*
Bio
Born: 20/06/1819, Cologne DE
Died: 5/10/1880, Paris FR
Founder of French operetta and a prolific composer of pieces which achieved tremendous success with Parisian audiences for their catchy melodies and satirical bite such as La vie Parisienne and Orpheus in the Underworld. At the time of his death, Offenbach was working on a more serious opera, The Tales of Hoffmann.
Genres
Opéra comique, Opéra féerie, Opérette, Opéra bouffe
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Operas
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