Jacques Offenbach, German-French composer

Oct. 05, 1980 - 100th anniversary of Death of Jacques Offenbach: on October 5th, 1980 are 100 years since the death of the composer Jacques Offenbach. Born in Cologne, West Germany (20.6.1819), Offenbach moved to Paris when he was 14 years old. After a short attendance at the academy of music he became violinist at the Opera Comique and in 1849 conductor at the Theatre Francais. Between 1855 and 1866 he gave performances on his own little stage. After this the great parodistic operettas were played in several theatres. With the change of social life and taste after the war of 1870-71, the star of Offenbach had set. He tried a comeback by taking over a theatre again and making spectacular operettas with ingenious, sparkling wit and imaginative parody, but died sick and isolated in 1880 in Paris. His last opus, The Tales of Hoffmann, was played for the first time only after his death in 1881, and became successful all over the world

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