Complete Information About Jacques Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld in Chicago at Bramble Arts Loft (Jul 10 – Jul 19, ...

Operagoers got a flashback to 1998 at the Metropolitan Opera last Thursday. It was the beginning of the second act Operagoers got a flashback to 1998 at the Metropolitan Opera last Thursday. It was ...

During the years of the Second Empire, the operettas of Jacques Offenbach kept Parisian audiences delightedly dizzy with their roundelays of sexual hijinx, with music to match. Word-for-word and ...

The George Gershwin of France’s Second Empire was mutton-chop-whiskered Jacques Offenbach. Stuffy politicians, high-toned artists, bombastic literati winced at his satirical songs. All Paris, from the ...

Offenbach, who also launched avant-garde innovations in stagecraft and design, played a leading role in cultural change, not only in music but also in literature, art, and politics, as he offered an ...

These selections from popular operettas were originally issued by Philips in France in the 1950s. The jewel here is the disc of scenes from La Belle Hélène, conducted by that consummate Offenbach ...