List of operettas by Jacques Offenbach
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates This is a complete list of the 98 operettas of Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880).
Subgenres
The stage works of Offenbach (with the two exceptions of the opéras Die Rheinnixen and The Tales of Hoffmann) are broadly referred to as 'operettas' in English references, even though only 16 of them were designated as opérettes by the composer. Offenbach called a further 8 opérette bouffe, and there is a single 'opérette fantastique'. There are 24 opéras comiques, and 24 opéras bouffes, together with 2 'opéras bouffes féeries'.
Other minor subgenres include opéra bouffon (5), bouffonnerie musicale (3), saynète (2) pièce d'occasion (2) and revue (2). Offenbach invented names for some individual works: 'anthropophagie musicale', 'chinoiserie musicale', 'comédie à ariettes', 'conversation alsacienne', 'légende bretonne', and 'légende napolitaine'. There are also one each of the following; 'fantasie musicale', 'opéra féerie', 'tableau villageois', and 'valse'.
List of operettas
| Title[1] | Genre | Acts | Libretto | Premiere | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Venue | ||||
| Template:HsL'alcôve | opéra comique | 1 act | Template:HsPhilippe Auguste Pittaud de Forges, Adolphe de Leuven and Eugène Roche | Template:Hs24 April 1847 | Paris, Salle Moreau-Sainti |
| Blanche | opéra comique | 1 act | Template:HsJules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges | Template:Hscomposed ca. 1847, but unperformed | |
| Template:HsLa Duchesse d'Albe | opéra comique | 3 acts | Template:HsJules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges | Template:Hscomposed 1847–48, but unperformed | |
| Template:HsLe trésor à Mathurin | tableau villageois | 1 act | Template:HsLéon Battu | Template:Hs7 May 1853 (concert performance) | Paris, Salle des Concerts Herz |
| Pépito | opéra comique | 1 act | Template:HsLéon Battu and Jules Moinaux | Template:Hs28 October 1853 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés |
| Luc et Lucette | opéra comique | 1 act | Template:HsPhilippe Auguste Pittaud de Forges and Eugène Roche | Template:Hs2 May 1854 | Paris, Salle des Concerts Herz |
| Template:HsLe décaméron, ou La grotte d'azur | légende napolitaine | 1 act | Template:HsJoseph Méry | Template:HsMay 1855 | Paris, Salle des Concerts Herz |
| Entrez, messieurs, mesdames | pièce d'occasion | 1 act | Template:HsJoseph Méry and Jules Servières (Ludovic Halévy) | Template:Hs5 July 1855 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Lacaze |
| Template:HsUne nuit blanche | opéra comique | 1 act | Template:HsÉdouard Plouvier | Template:Hs5 July 1855 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Lacaze |
| Template:HsLes deux aveugles | bouffonnerie musicale | 1 act | Template:HsJules Moinaux | Template:Hs5 July 1855 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Lacaze |
| Template:HsLe rêve d'une nuit d'été | saynète | 1 act | Template:HsÉtienne Tréfeu | Template:Hs30 July 1855 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Lacaze |
| Oyayaye, ou La reine des îles | anthropophagie musicale | 1 act | Template:HsJules Moineaux | Template:Hs26 June 1855 | Paris, Folies-Nouvelles |
| Template:HsLe violoneux | légende bretonne | 1 act | Template:HsEugène Mestépès and Émile Chevalet | Template:Hs31 August 1855 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Lacaze |
| Madame Papillon | opérette | 1 act | Template:HsJules Servières (Ludovic Halévy) | Template:Hs3 October 1855 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Lacaze |
| Paimpol et Périnette | saynète | 1 act | Template:Hsde Lussan Philippe Auguste Pittaud de Forges | Template:Hs29 October 1855 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Lacaze |
| Ba-ta-clan | chinoiserie musicale | 1 act | Template:HsLudovic Halévy | Template:Hs29 December 1855 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Trafalgar – Sur un volcan | comédie à ariettes | 1 act | Template:HsErnest L'Épine and Joseph Méry | Template:Hs29 December 1855 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul.[2][3] |
| Template:HsUn postillon en gage | opérette | 1 act | Template:HsÉdouard Plouvier and Jules Adenis | Template:Hs9 February 1856 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Tromb-al-ca-zar, ou Les criminels dramatiques | bouffonnerie musicale | 1 act | Template:HsCharles-Désiré Dupeuty and Ernest Bourget | Template:Hs3 April 1856 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Template:HsLa rose de Saint-Flour | opérette | 1 act | Template:HsMichel Carré | Template:Hs12 June 1856 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Lacaze |
| Template:HsLes dragées du baptême | pièce d'occasion | 1 act | Template:HsCharles-Désiré Dupeuty and Ernest Bourget | Template:Hs14 June 1856 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Lacaze[4] |
| Template:HsLe 66 | opérette | 1 act | Template:HsPhilippe Auguste Pittaud de Forges and Laurencin (Paul-Aimé Chapelle) | Template:Hs31 July 1856 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Lacaze |
| Template:HsLe financier et le savetier | opérette bouffe | 1 act | Template:HsHector-Jonathan Crémieux and Edmond About | Template:Hs23 September 1856 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Template:HsLa bonne d'enfant | opérette bouffe | 1 act | Template:HsEugène Bercioux | Template:Hs14 October 1856 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Template:HsLes trois baisers du diable | opérette fantastique | 1 act | Template:HsEugène Mestépès | Template:Hs15 January 1857 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Croquefer, ou Le dernier des paladins | opéra bouffe | 1 act | Template:HsLouis-Adolphe Jaime and Étienne Tréfeu | Template:Hs12 February 1857 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Dragonette | opéra bouffe | 1 act | Template:HsEugène Mestépès and Louis-Adolphe Jaime | Template:Hs30 April 1857 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Vent du soir, ou L'horrible festin | opérette bouffe | 1 act | Template:HsPhilippe Gille | Template:Hs16 May 1857 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Template:HsUne demoiselle en loterie | opérette | 1 act | Template:HsLouis-Adolphe Jaime and Hector-Jonathan Crémieux | Template:Hs27 July 1857 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Lacaze[4] |
| Template:Hs Le mariage aux lanternes (revised version of Le trésor à Mathurin) | opérette | 1 act | Michel Carré and Léon Battu | Template:Hs10 October 1857 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Template:HsLes deux pêcheurs, ou Le lever du soleil | opérette bouffe | 1 act | Template:HsCharles-Désiré Dupeuty and Ernest Bourget | Template:Hs13 November 1857 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Mesdames de la Halle | opérette bouffe | 1 act | Template:HsArmand Lapointe | Template:Hs3 March 1858 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Template:HsLa chatte métamorphosée en femme | opérette | 1 act | Template:HsEugène Scribe and Mélesville | Template:Hs19 April 1858 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Orphée aux enfers | opéra bouffon | 2 acts | Template:HsHector-Jonathan Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy | Template:Hs21 October 1858 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Template:HsUn mari à la porte | opérette | 1 act | Template:HsAlfred Charles Delacour (Alfred Charlemagne Lartigue) and Léon Morand | Template:Hs22 June 1859 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Lacaze[4] |
| Template:HsLes vivandières de la grande-armée | opérette bouffe | 1 act | Template:HsLouis-Adolphe Jaime and Philippe Auguste Pittaud de Forges | Template:Hs6 July 1859 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Lacaze[4] |
| Geneviève de Brabant | opéra bouffon | 2 acts | Template:HsLouis-Adolphe Jaime and Étienne Tréfeu | Template:Hs19 November 1859 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Template:HsLe carnaval des revues | revue | 1 act | Template:HsEugène Grangé, Philippe Gille and Ludovic Halévy | Template:Hs10 February 1860 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Daphnis et Chloé | opérette | 1 act | Template:HsClairville and Jules Cordier (Élénore Tenaille de Vaulabelle) | Template:Hs27 March 1860 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Barkouf | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Template:HsEugène Scribe and Henri Boisseaux, after Abbé Blanchet | Template:Hs24 December 1860 | Paris, Opéra-Comique, Salle Favart |
| Template:HsLa chanson de Fortunio | opéra comique | 1 act | Template:HsHector-Jonathan Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy | Template:Hs5 January 1861 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Template:HsLe pont des soupirs | opéra bouffon | 2 acts | Template:HsHector-Jonathan Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy | Template:Hs23 March 1861 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le … | opéra bouffe | 1 act | Template:HsMonsieur de Saint Rémy (Charles de Morny, Duke of Morny), Ernest L'Épine, Hector-Jonathan Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy | Template:Hs31 May 1861 | Paris, Présidence du Corps Législatif |
| Apothicaire et perruquier | opérette bouffe | 1 act | Template:HsÉlie Frébault | Template:Hs17 October 1861 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Template:HsLe roman comique | opéra bouffon | 3 acts | Template:HsHector-Jonathan Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy | Template:Hs10 December 1861 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Monsieur et Madame Denis | opéra comique | 1 act | Laurencin (Chapelle) and Michel Delaporte | Template:Hs11 January 1862 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Template:Hs Bavard et bavarde (Les bavards) | opéra bouffe | 1 act/2 acts | Template:HsCharles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter after Cervantes | Template:Hs11 June 1862 (1-act version), 20 February 1863 (2-act version) | Bad Ems, Kursaal (1-act version), Bouffes-Parisiens, Paris (2-act version) |
| Template:HsLe voyage de MM. Dunanan père et fils | opéra bouffon | 3 acts | Template:HsPaul Siraudin and Jules Moinaux | Template:Hs23 March 1862 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Jacqueline | opérette | 1 act | Template:HsP d'Arcy (Hector-Jonathan Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy) | Template:Hs14 October 1862 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Template:HsLa baguette (Fédia) | opéra comique | 2 acts | Template:HsHenri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | Template:Hscomposed 1862, but unperformed | |
| Template:HsIl signor Fagotto | opérette | 1 act | Template:HsCharles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu | Template:Hs11 July 1863 | Bad Ems, Kursaal |
| Lischen et Fritzchen | conversation alsacienne | 1 act | Template:HsPaul Dubois (Paul Boisselot) | Template:Hs21 July 1863 | Bad Ems, Kursaal |
| Template:HsL'amour chanteur | opérette | 1 act | Template:HsCharles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter and Ernest L'Épine | Template:Hs5 January 1864 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Template:HsLes géorgiennes | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Template:HsJules Moinaux | Template:Hs16 March 1864 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Template:HsLe fifre enchanté, ou Le soldat magicien | opéra comique | 1 act | Template:HsCharles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu | Template:Hs12 July 1864 | Bad Ems, Kursaal |
| Jeanne qui pleure et Jean qui rit | opérette | 1 act | Template:HsCharles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu | Template:Hs19 July 1864 | Bad Ems |
| Template:HsLa belle Hélène | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Template:HsHenri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | Template:Hs17 December 1864 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés |
| Coscoletto, ou Le lazzarone | opéra comique | 2 acts | Template:HsCharles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu | Template:Hs11 July 1865 | Bad Ems, Kursaal |
| Template:HsLes refrains des bouffes | fantaisie musicale | 1 act | Template:Hslibretto lost | Template:Hs21 September 1865 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Template:HsLes bergers | opéra comique | 3 acts | Template:HsHector-Jonathan Crémieux and Philippe Gille | Template:Hs11 December 1865 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Barbe-bleue | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Template:HsHenri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, after Charles Perrault | Template:Hs5 February 1866 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés |
| Template:HsLa vie parisienne | opéra bouffe | 5 acts | Template:HsHenri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | Template:Hs31 October 1866 | Paris, Théâtre du Palais Royal |
| Template:HsLa Grande-duchesse de Gérolstein | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Template:HsHenri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | Template:Hs12 April 1867 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés |
| Template:HsLa permission de dix heures | opéra comique | 1 act | Mélésville and Pierre Carmouche | Template:Hs9 July 1867 | Bad Ems, Kursaal |
| Template:HsLa leçon de chant électromagnétique | bouffonnerie musicale | 1 act | Template:HsErnest Bourget | Template:Hs20 July 1867 | Bad Ems, Kursaal |
| Robinson Crusoé | opéra comique | 3 acts | Template:HsEugène Cormon and Hector-Jonathan Crémieux | Template:Hs23 November 1867 | Paris, Opéra-Comique, Salle Favart |
| Geneviève de Brabant (revised version) | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Template:HsÉtienne Tréfeu and Hector Crémieux | Template:Hs26 December 1867 | Paris, Théâtre des Menus-Plaisirs |
| Template:HsLe château à Toto | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Template:HsHenri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | Template:Hs6 May 1868 | Paris, Théâtre du Palais Royal |
| Template:HsLe pont des soupirs (revised version) | opéra bouffe | 4 acts | Template:HsHector-Jonathan Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy | Template:Hs8 May 1868 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés |
| Template:HsL'île de Tulipatan | opéra bouffe | 1 act | Template:HsHenri Chivot and Alfred Duru | Template:Hs30 September 1868 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Template:HsLa Périchole | opéra bouffe | 2 acts | Template:HsHenri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | Template:Hs6 October 1868 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés |
| Vert-Vert | opéra comique | 3 acts | Template:HsHenri Meilhac and Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter | Template:Hs10 March 1869 | Paris, Opéra-Comique, Salle Favart |
| Template:HsLa diva | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Template:HsHenri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | Template:Hs22 March 1869 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Template:HsLa princesse de Trébizonde | opéra bouffe | 2 acts | Template:HsCharles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu | Template:Hs31 July 1869 | Baden-Baden, Kurtheater |
| Template:HsLa princesse de Trébizonde (revised version) | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Template:Hs7 December 1869 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul | |
| Template:HsLes brigands | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Template:HsHenri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | Template:Hs10 December 1869 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés |
| Template:HsLa romance de la rose | opérette | 1 act | Template:HsÉtienne Tréfeu, Jules Prével and Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter | Template:Hs11 December 1869 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Boule de neige (revised version of Barkouf) | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Template:Hs Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu | Template:Hs14 December 1871 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Template:HsLe roi Carotte | opéra bouffe féerie | 4 acts | Template:HsVictorien Sardou after E. T. A. Hoffmann | Template:Hs15 January 1872 | Paris, Théâtre de la Gaîté |
| Fantasio | opéra comique | 3 acts | Template:HsPaul de Musset after Alfred de Musset | Template:Hs18 January 1872 | Paris, Opéra-Comique, Salle Favart |
| Fleurette, oder Trompeter und Näherin (composed as Fleurette c. 1863) | opéra comique | 1 act | Template:HsPhilippe Auguste Pittaud de Forges and Laurencin | Template:Hs12 March 1872 | Vienna, Carltheater |
| Template:HsLe corsaire noir (performed as Der schwarze Corsar in 1872) | opéra comique | 3 acts | Template:HsCharles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter, Étienne Tréfeu, and Offenbach | Template:Hs21 September 1872 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien |
| Template:HsLes braconniers | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Template:HsHenri Charles Chivot and Alfred Duru | Template:Hs29 January 1873 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés |
| Pomme d'api | opérette | 1 act | Template:HsLudovic Halévy and William Busnach | Template:Hs4 September 1873 | Paris, Théâtre de la Renaissance |
| Template:HsLa permission de dix heures (revised version) | Mélésville and Pierre Carmouche | Template:Hs4 September 1873 | Paris, Théâtre de la Renaissance | ||
| Template:HsLa Vie parisienne (revised version) | 4 acts | Template:HsHenri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | Template:Hs25 September 1873 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés | |
| Template:HsLa jolie parfumeuse | opéra comique | 3 acts | Template:HsHector-Jonathan Crémieux and Ernest Blum | Template:Hs29 November 1873 | Paris, Théâtre de la Renaissance |
| Template:HsLa Périchole (revised version) | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Template:HsHenri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | Template:Hs25 April 1874 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés |
| Bagatelle | opéra comique | 1 act | Template:HsHector-Jonathan Crémieux and Ernest Blum | Template:Hs21 May 1874 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Madame l'archiduc | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Template:HsAlbert Millaud | Template:Hs31 October 1874 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Whittington (also performed as Le chat du diable, Paris, Théâtre du Châtelet, 19 October 1893) | opéra bouffe féerie | 3 acts | Template:HsCharles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu (English text by Henry Brougham Farnie)[5] | Template:Hs26 December 1874 | London, Alhambra |
| Geneviève de Brabant (second revised version) | opéra féerie | 5 acts | Template:HsÉtienne Tréfeu and Hector Crémieux | Template:Hs25 February 1875 | Paris, Théâtre de la Gaîté |
| Template:HsLes hannetons | revue | 3 acts | Template:HsEugène Grangé and Albert Millaud | Template:Hs22 April 1875 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Template:HsLa boulangère a des écus | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Template:HsHenri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | Template:Hs19 October 1875 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés |
| Template:HsLe voyage dans la lune | opéra féerie | 4 acts | Template:HsEugène Leterrier, Albert Vanloo and Arnold Mortier | Template:Hs26 October 1875 | Paris, Théâtre de la Gaîté |
| Template:HsLa créole | opéra comique | 3 acts | Template:HsAlbert Millaud and Henri Meilhac | Template:Hs3 November 1875 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Tarte à la crême | valse | 1 act | Template:HsAlbert Millaud | Template:Hs14 December 1875 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Pierrette et Jacquot | opérette | 1 act | Template:HsJules Noriac and Philippe Gille | Template:Hs13 October 1876 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Template:HsLa boîte au lait | opéra bouffe | 4 acts | Template:HsEugène Grangé and Jules Noriac | Template:Hs3 November 1876 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Template:HsLe docteur Ox | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Template:HsArnold Mortier and Philippe Gille, after Jules Verne | Template:Hs26 January 1877 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés |
| Template:HsLa foire Saint-Laurent | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Template:HsHector-Jonathan Crémieux, and Albert de Saint-Albin | Template:Hs10 February 1877 | Paris, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques |
| Maître Péronilla | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Template:HsCharles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter, Paul Ferrier and Offenbach | Template:Hs13 March 1878 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Madame Favart | opéra comique | 3 acts | Template:HsAlfred Duru and Henri Chivot | Template:Hs28 December 1878 | Paris, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques |
| Template:HsLa marocaine | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Template:HsPaul Ferrier and Ludovic Halévy | Template:Hs13 January 1879 | Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Template:HsLa fille du tambour-major | opéra comique | 3 acts | Template:HsAlfred Duru and Henri Chivot | Template:Hs13 December 1879 | Paris, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques |
| Belle Lurette | opéra comique | 3 acts | Template:HsErnest Blum, Edouard Blau and Raoul Toché | Template:Hs30 October 1880 | Paris, Théâtre de la Renaissance |
| Mam'zelle Moucheron | opérette bouffe | 1 act | Template:HsEugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo | Template:Hs10 May 1881 | Paris, Théâtre de la Renaissance |
Pastiche
Theatres in the English-speaking centres used music by Offenbach to create pasticcio during the 1860s and 70s. Many of these pieces were made to libretti completely unknown to Offenbach. Vienna also saw examples of re-use of his music, and the practice continued into the 20th century.[6] Examples include:
- Cigarette, words by G. D'Arcy, 9 September 1876, Globe Theatre, London[7]
- Forty Winks, an English version of Une nuit blanche
- Blush Rose, words by D'Arcy
- The Barber of Bath, words by Farnie
- Der Goldschmied von Toledo, words by Karl Georg Zwerenz mainly using music from Der Schwarze Corsar[8]
- The Happiest Girl in the World, words by E. Y. Harburg, a 1961 Broadway musical
- Christopher Columbus, words by Don White, first performed in London in 1976 by Opera Rara[9]
Le carnaval des revues and Les hannetons include pre-existing scores but were created under Offenbach and include some new music by him.[10]
See also
- For Offenbach's opéras see Die Rheinnixen and Les contes d'Hoffmann.
- For Offenbach's other works, see List of compositions by Jacques Offenbach.
References
- Notes
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- ↑ The information in the table is taken from Lamb 1992, pp. 655–658, unless otherwise noted.
- ↑ Boosey and Hawkes page, retrieved 22 January 2009 According to the B&H page and Jean-Christophe Keck's website Template:Webarchive, the libretto is Méry's, the music by L'Épine and Offenbach. Keck's notes for his recording of the overture that the overture and most of the orchestration is in Offenbach's hand in the manuscript.
- ↑ Keck, Jean-Christophe (translated by John Taylor Tuttle). Offenbach, an oeuvre boasting more than 600 works. Booklet essay for 'Ballade Symphonique', CD 476 8999, Universal Classics France, 2006.
- ↑ a b c d Yon 2000, pp. 760–762
- ↑ Elsom, H.E. "At his exercise", Le Concertographe, 28 June 2000 Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Gänzl K. Jacques Offenbach. In: The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre. Blackwell, Oxford, 1994.
- ↑ Gammond 1980, p. 147.
- ↑ Premiered in Mannheim on 7 February 1919, and then in Vienna (1920), Edinburgh and Lemberg (1922). Listed in : Loewenberg A. Annals of Opera. London, John Calder, 1978.
- ↑ Rosenthal, Harold. In Concert: Christopher Columbus (Offenbach). Opera Rara at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, July 6. Opera, October 1976, Vol.27, No.10, p.968.
- ↑ Yon, Jean-Claude. Jacques Offenbach. Éditions Gallimard, Paris, 2000.
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- Sources
- Gammond, Peter (1980). Offenbach. London: Faber & Faber. Template:ISBN
- Lamb, Andrew (1992). "Offenbach, Jacques" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie, vol. 3, pp. 653–658. London: Macmillan. Template:ISBN
- Yon, Jean-Claude (2000). Jacques Offenbach. [Paris]: Galimard. Template:ISBN.