List of operettas by Offenbach
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The stage works of Offenbach (with the two exceptions of the opéraOpera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
s Die Rheinnixen
Die Rheinnixen
Die Rheinnixen is a romantic opera in four acts by Jacques Offenbach. The original libretto by Charles-Louis-Etienne Nuitter was translated into German by Alfred von Wolzogen....
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
Opéra comique
Opéra comique is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged out of the popular opéra comiques en vaudevilles of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent , which combined existing popular tunes with spoken sections...
, and 24 opéras bouffes
Opéra bouffe
Opéra bouffe is a genre of late 19th-century French operetta, closely associated with Jacques Offenbach, who produced many of them at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens that gave its name to the form....
, together with 2 'opéras bouffes féeries'.
Other minor subgenres include opéra bouffon
Opéra bouffon
Opéra bouffon is the French term for the Italian genre of opera called opera buffa performed in 18th-century France, either in the original language or in French translation...
(5), bouffonnerie musicale (3), saynète (2) pièce d'occasion
Pièce d'occasion
A pièce d'occasion is a composition, dance or theatrical piece composed, often commissioned, for a festive occasion.- Examples :* The Dying Swan, ballet by Mikhail Fokine for the ballerina Anna Pavlova * Fanfare for a Prince, ballet by John Taras * Dance Preludes, ballet by Miriam Mahdaviani * FOR...
(2) and revue
Revue
A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century American popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own during its golden years from 1916 to 1932...
(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
Opéra féerie
Opéra féerie is a French genre of opera or opéra-ballet based on fairy tales, often with elements of magic in their stories...
', 'tableau villageois', and 'valse'.
List
| Title | Genre | Subdivisions | Libretto | Première date | Place, theatre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'alcôve | opéra comique Opéra comique Opéra comique is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged out of the popular opéra comiques en vaudevilles of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent , which combined existing popular tunes with spoken sections... |
1 act | Philippe Auguste Pittaud de Forges, Adolphe de Leuven Adolphe de Leuven Adolphe de Leuven was a French theatre director and a librettist. Also known as Grenvallet, and Count Adolph Ribbing. He was the son of Adolph Ribbing.... and E G Roche |
24 April 1847 | Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... , Ecole Lyrique |
| Blanche | opéra comique | 1 act | Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges | composed ca. 1847, but unperformed | |
| La Duchesse d'Albe | opéra comique | 3 acts | Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges | composed 1847–48, but unperformed | |
| Le trésor à Mathurin | tableau villageois | 1 act | Léon Battu | 7 May 1853 (concert performance) | Paris, Salle des Concerts Herz Salle des Concerts Herz The Salle des Concerts Herz, usually referred to simply as the Salle Herz, was a former concert hall in Paris, located at 48, rue de la Victoire. It was built in 1842 by by the Austrian virtuoso pianist Henri Herz and his brother Jacques Herz.... |
| Pépito | opéra comique | 1 act | Léon Battu and Jules Moinaux | 28 October 1853 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés Théâtre des Variétés The Théâtre des Variétés is a theatre and "salle de spectacles" at 7, boulevard Montmartre, 2nd arrondissement, in Paris. It was declared a monument historique in 1975.-History:... |
| Luc et Lucette | opéra comique | 1 act | Philippe Auguste Pittaud de Forges and E G Roche | 2 May 1854 | Paris, Salle des Concerts Herz |
| Le décaméron, ou La grotte d'azur | légende napolitaine | 1 act | Joseph Méry Joseph Méry Joseph Méry was a French writer.Méry was born at Marseille. An ardent romanticist, he collaborated with Auguste Barthélemy in many of his satires and wrote a great number of stories, now forgotten... |
May 1855 | Paris, Salle des Concerts Herz |
| Entrez, messieurs, mesdames | pièce d'occasion | 1 act | Joseph Méry and J Servières (Ludovic Halévy Ludovic Halévy Ludovic Halévy was a French author and playwright. He was half Jewish : his Jewish father had converted to Christianity prior to his birth, to marry his mother, née Alexandrine Lebas.-Biography:Ludovic Halévy was born in Paris... ) |
5 July 1855 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens The Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens is a Parisian theatre which was founded in 1855 by the composer Jacques Offenbach for the performance of opéra bouffe and operetta. The current theatre is located in the 2nd arrondissement at 4 rue Monsigny with an entrance at the back at 65 Passage Choiseul. In... , Salle Lacaze |
| Une nuit blanche | opéra comique | 1 act | E Plouvier | 5 July 1855 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Lacaze |
| Les deux aveugles Les deux aveugles Les deux aveugles is a one-act bouffonerie musicale, in the style of an operetta, by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by Jules Moinaux... |
bouffonnerie musicale | 1 act | Jules Moinaux | 5 July 1855 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Lacaze |
| Le rêve d'une nuit d'été | saynète | 1 act | Étienne Tréfeu Étienne Tréfeu Étienne Victor Tréfeu , was a French librettist, song writer and theatre manager... |
30 July 1855 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Lacaze |
| Oyayaye, ou La reine des îles | anthropophagie musicale | 1 act | Jules Moineaux | 26 June 1855 | Paris, Folies-Nouvelles Théâtre Déjazet The Théâtre Dejazet is a theatre on the boulevard du Temple in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris. It was originally founded in 1770 by Comte d'Artois who later was crowned Charles X, but it was then closed down and not reopened until 1851... |
| Le violoneux Le violoneux Le violoneux is a one-act operetta by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by Eugène Mestépès and Émile Chevalet, first performed in 1855.-Performance history:... |
légende bretonne | 1 act | Eugène Mestépès and Emile Chevalet | 31 August 1855 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Lacaze |
| Madame Papillon | opérette | 1 act | J Servières (Ludovic Halévy) | 3 October 1855 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Lacaze |
| Paimpol et Périnette | saynète | 1 act | de Lussan (Philippe Auguste Pittaud de Forges) | 29 October 1855 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Lacaze |
| Ba-ta-clan Ba-ta-clan Ba-ta-clan is a "chinoiserie musicale", or operetta, in one act by Jacques Offenbach to an original French libretto by Ludovic Halévy. It was first performed at Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris, on 29 December 1855. The operetta uses set numbers and spoken dialogue and runs about one... |
chinoiserie musicale | 1 act | Ludovic Halévy Ludovic Halévy Ludovic Halévy was a French author and playwright. He was half Jewish : his Jewish father had converted to Christianity prior to his birth, to marry his mother, née Alexandrine Lebas.-Biography:Ludovic Halévy was born in Paris... |
29 December 1855 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens The Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens is a Parisian theatre which was founded in 1855 by the composer Jacques Offenbach for the performance of opéra bouffe and operetta. The current theatre is located in the 2nd arrondissement at 4 rue Monsigny with an entrance at the back at 65 Passage Choiseul. In... , Salle Choiseul |
| Trafalgar – Sur un volcan | comédie à ariettes | 1 act | Ernest L'Épine? Joseph Méry? | 29 December 1855 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Un postillon en gage | opérette | 1 act | E Plouvier and J Adenis | 9 February 1856 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Tromb-al-ca-zar, ou Les criminels dramatiques | bouffonnerie musicale | 1 act | C D Dupeuty and E Bourget | 3 April 1856 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| La rose de Saint-Flour La rose de Saint-Flour La rose de Saint-Flour is a one-act opérette with music by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by Michel Carré, first performed in 1856.-Performance history:... |
opérette | 1 act | M Carré | 12 June 1856 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Lacaze |
| Les dragées du baptême | pièce d'occasion | 1 act | C D Dupeuty and E Bourget | 14 June 1856 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Lacaze |
| Le 66 Le 66 Le 66 is an opérette in one act of 1856 with music by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was by Pittaud de Forges and Laurencin... |
opérette | 1 act | Philippe Auguste Pittaud de Forges and M. Laurencin | 31 July 1856 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Lacaze |
| Le financier et le savetier Le financier et le savetier Le financier et le savetier is a one-act opérette bouffe of 1856 with words by Hector Crémieux and Edmond About and music by Jacques Offenbach... |
opérette bouffe | 1 act | Hector-Jonathan Crémieux Hector-Jonathan Crémieux Hector-Jonathan Crémieux was a French librettist and playwright. His best-known work is his collaboration with Ludovic Halévy for Jacques Offenbach's Orphée aux Enfers, known in English as Orpheus in the Underworld.... and E About |
23 September 1856 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| La bonne d'enfant La bonne d'enfant La bonne d'enfant is an opérette bouffe, in one act by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by Eugène Bercioux.It was first performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris on 14 October 1856... |
opérette bouffe | 1 act | Eugène Bercioux | 14 October 1856 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Les trois baisers du diable | opérette fantastique | 1 act | E Mestépès | 15 January 1857 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Croquefer, ou Le dernier des paladins Croquefer, ou Le dernier des paladins Croquefer, ou Le dernier des paladins is a one-act opéra bouffe by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by Adolphe Jaime and Étienne Tréfeu, first performed in 1857.-Performance history:... |
opéra bouffe Opéra bouffe Opéra bouffe is a genre of late 19th-century French operetta, closely associated with Jacques Offenbach, who produced many of them at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens that gave its name to the form.... |
1 act | Louis-Adolphe Jaime and Étienne Tréfeu | 12 February 1857 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Dragonette | opéra bouffe | 1 act | E Mestépès and Louis-Adolphe Jaime | 30 April 1857 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Vent du soir, ou L’horrible festin | opérette bouffe | 1 act | Philippe Gille Philippe Gille Philippe Gille was a French dramatist and opera librettist. He wrote over twenty librettos between 1857 and 1893, the most famous of which are Massenet's Manon and Delibes' Lakmé.-Librettos by Philippe Gille:... |
16 May 1857 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Une demoiselle en loterie | opérette | 1 act | Louis-Adolphe Jaime and Hector-Jonathan Crémieux | 27 July 1857 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Lacaze |
| Le mariage aux lanternes Le mariage aux lanternes Le mariage aux lanternes is an opérette in one act by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Michel Carré and Léon Battu.... (revised version of Le trésor à Mathurin) |
opérette | 1 act | Michel Carré Michel Carré Michel Carré was a prolific French librettist.He went to Paris in 1840 intending to become a painter but took up writing instead. He wrote verse and plays before turning to writing libretti. His libretto for Mirette was never performed in France but was later performed in English adaptation in... and Léon Battu |
10 October 1857 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Les deux pêcheurs, ou Le lever du soleil | opérette bouffe | 1 act | C D Dupeuty and E Bourget | 13 November 1857 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Mesdames de la Halle Mesdames de la Halle Mesdames de la Halle is an opérette bouffe in one act by Jacques Offenbach, with a libretto by Armand Lapointe. It was first performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris on 3 March 1858. and was the first work of Offenbach's at the Bouffes with a chorus and a large cast... |
opérette bouffe | 1 act | Armand Lapointe | 3 March 1858 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| La chatte métamorphosée en femme La chatte métamorphosée en femme La chatte métamorphosée en femme is a one-act opéra comique of 1858 with words by Eugene Scribe and Mélésville, and music by Jacques Offenbach.-Performance history:... |
opérette | 1 act | Eugène Scribe Eugène Scribe Augustin Eugène Scribe , was a French dramatist and librettist. He is best known for the perfection of the so-called "well-made play" . This dramatic formula was a mainstay of popular theater for over 100 years.-Biography:... and Mélésville |
19 April 1858 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Orpheus in the Underworld Orpheus in the Underworld Orphée aux enfers is an opéra bouffon , or opéra féerie in its revised version, by Jacques Offenbach. The French text was written by Ludovic Halévy and later revised by Hector-Jonathan Crémieux.... |
opéra bouffon Opéra bouffon Opéra bouffon is the French term for the Italian genre of opera called opera buffa performed in 18th-century France, either in the original language or in French translation... |
2 acts | Hector-Jonathan Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy | 21 October 1858 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Le mari à la porte | opérette | 1 act | A. Ch. Delacour (A C Lartigue) and Léon Morand | 22 June 1859 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Lacaze |
| Les vivandières de la grande-armée | opérette bouffe | 1 act | Louis-Adolphe Jaime and Philippe Auguste Pittaud de Forges | 6 July 1859 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Lacaze |
| Geneviève de Brabant Geneviève de Brabant Geneviève de Brabant is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach, first performed in Paris in 1859. The plot is based on the medieval legend of Genevieve of Brabant.... |
opéra bouffon | 2 acts | Louis-Adolphe Jaime and Étienne Tréfeu | 19 November 1859 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Le carnaval des revues | revue | 1 act | E Grangé, Philippe Gille and Ludovic Halévy | 10 February 1860 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Daphnis et Chloé Daphnis et Chloé (Offenbach) Daphnis et Chloé is a one-act opérette by Jacques Offenbach. The libretto was by Clairville and Jules Cordier , based on the story of Daphnis and Chloe.... |
opérette | 1 act | N. Clairville (N F Nicolaie) and Jules Cordier (E T de Vaulabelle) | 27 March 1860 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Barkouf | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Eugène Scribe and H Boisseaux, after Abbé Blanchet | 24 December 1860 | Paris, Opéra-Comique Opéra-Comique The Opéra-Comique is a Parisian opera company, which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with, and for a time took the name of its chief rival the Comédie-Italienne at the Hôtel de Bourgogne, and was also called the... , Salle Favart |
| La chanson de Fortunio | opéra comique | 1 act | Hector-Jonathan Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy | 5 January 1861 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Le pont des soupirs Le pont des soupirs Le pont des soupirs is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Hector-Jonathan Cremieux and Ludovic Halévy.-Performance history:... |
opéra bouffon | 2 acts | Hector-Jonathan Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy | 23 March 1861 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le … M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le . . . M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le... is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, in one act by Jacques Offenbach and the Duc de Morny... |
opéra bouffe | 1 act | M de Saint Rémy, E L’Epine, Hector-Jonathan Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy | 31 May 1861 | Paris, Présidence du Corps Législatif |
| Apothicaire et perruquier | opérette bouffe | 1 act | E Frébault | 17 October 1861 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Le roman comique | opéra bouffon | 3 acts | Hector-Jonathan Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy | 10 December 1861 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Monsieur et Madame Denis Monsieur et Madame Denis Monsieur et Madame Denis is a one-act opéra comique with music by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by Laurencin and Michel Delaporte, first performed in 1862... |
opéra comique | 1 act | Laurencin (Chapelle) and Michel Delaporte | 11 January 1862 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Bavard et bavarde Les bavards Les bavards is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach, with a French libretto by Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter based on a story originally by Cervantes, ‘Los dos habladores’.-Performance history:... (Les bavards) |
opéra bouffe | 1 act/2 acts | Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter after Cervantes | 11 June 1862 (1 act version), 20 February 1863 (2 act version) | Bad Ems, Paris (1 act version), Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens (2 act version) |
| Le voyage de MM. Dunanan père et fils | opéra bouffon | 3 acts | P Siraudin and Jules Moinaux | 23 March 1862 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Jacqueline | opérette | 1 act | P d'Arcy (Hector-Jonathan Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy) | 14 October 1862 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| La baguette (Fédia) | opéra comique | 2 acts | Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | composed 1862, but unperformed | |
| Il signor Fagotto Il signor Fagotto Il signor Fagotto is a one-act opérette by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu, first performed in 1863... |
opérette | 1 act | Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu | 11 July 1863 | Bad Ems Bad Ems Bad Ems is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the county seat of the Rhein-Lahn rural district and is well known as a bathing resort on the river Lahn... |
| Lischen et Fritzchen Lischen et Fritzchen Lischen et Fritzchen is a one-act operetta with music by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by ‘P Dubois’ , first performed in 1863.-Performance history:... |
conversation alsacienne | 1 act | P Dubois (P Boisselot) | 21 July 1863 | Bad Ems |
| L'amour chanteur | opérette | 1 act | Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter and L'Epine | 5 January 1864 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Les géorgiennes | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Jules Moinaux | 16 March 1864 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Le fifre enchanté, ou Le soldat magicien | opéra comique | 1 act | Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu | 12 July 1864 | Bad Ems |
| Jeanne qui pleure et Jean qui rit | opérette | 1 act | Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu | 19 July 1864 | Bad Ems |
| La belle Hélène La belle Hélène La belle Hélène , opéra bouffe in three acts, is an operetta by Jacques Offenbach to an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy... |
opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | 17 December 1864 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés |
| Coscoletto, ou Le lazzarone | opéra comique | 2 acts | Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu | 11 July 1865 | Bad Ems |
| Les refrains des bouffes | fantaisie musicale | 1 act | libretto lost | 21 September 1865 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Les bergers | opéra comique | 3 acts | Hector-Jonathan Crémieux and Philippe Gille | 11 December 1865 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Barbe-bleue | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | 5 February 1866 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés |
| La vie parisienne La vie parisienne La vie parisienne is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, composed by Jacques Offenbach, with a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.This work was Offenbach's first full-length piece to portray contemporary Parisian life, unlike his earlier period pieces and mythological subjects... |
opéra bouffe | 5 acts | Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | 31 October 1866 | Paris, Théâtre du Palais Royal |
| La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein is an opéra bouffe , in three acts and four tableaux by Jacques Offenbach to an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy... |
opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | 12 April 1867 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés |
| La permission de dix heures | opéra comique | 1 act | Mélésville and Pierre Carmouche | 9 July 1867 | Bad Ems |
| Robinson Crusoé Robinson Crusoé Robinson Crusoé is an opéra comique, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach.The French libretto was written by Eugène Cormon and Hector-Jonathan Crémieux, which was loosely adapted from the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, though the work owes more to British pantomime than to the book... |
opéra comique | 3 acts | Eugène Cormon and Hector-Jonathan Crémieux | 23 November 1867 | Paris, Opéra-Comique, Salle Favart |
| La leçon de chant électromagnétique | bouffonnerie musicale | 1 act | Ernest Bourget | 20 July 1867 | Bad Ems |
| Geneviève de Brabant Geneviève de Brabant Geneviève de Brabant is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach, first performed in Paris in 1859. The plot is based on the medieval legend of Genevieve of Brabant.... (revised version) |
opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Étienne Tréfeu and Hector Crémieux | 26 December 1867 | Paris, Théâtre des Menus-Plaisirs |
| Le château à Toto Le château à Toto Le château à Toto is an opéra bouffe in three acts of 1868 with music by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy... |
opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | 6 May 1868 | Paris, Théâtre du Palais Royal |
| Le pont des soupirs Le pont des soupirs Le pont des soupirs is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Hector-Jonathan Cremieux and Ludovic Halévy.-Performance history:... (revised version) |
opéra bouffe | 4 acts | Hector-Jonathan Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy | 8 May 1868 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés |
| L'île de Tulipatan L'Île de Tulipatan L'île de Tulipatan is an opéra bouffe , in one act by Jacques Offenbach to an original French libretto by Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru.... |
opéra bouffe | 1 act | Henri Charles Chivot and Alfred Duru | 30 September 1868 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| La Périchole La Périchole La Périchole is an opéra bouffe in three acts by Jacques Offenbach. Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy wrote the French-language libretto based on the 1829 one act play Le carrosse du Saint-Sacrement by Prosper Mérimée, which was revived on 13 March 1850 at the Théâtre-Français... |
opéra bouffe | 2 acts | Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | 6 October 1868 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés |
| Vert-Vert | opéra comique | 3 acts | Henri Meilhac and Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter | 10 March 1869 | Paris, Opéra-Comique, Salle Favart |
| La diva | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | 22 March 1869 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| La princesse de Trébizonde | opéra bouffe | 2 acts | Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu | 31 July 1869 | Baden-Baden Baden-Baden Baden-Baden is a spa town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos River, in the region of Karlsruhe... |
| La princesse de Trébizonde (revised version) | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | 7 December 1869 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul | |
| Les brigands Les brigands Les brigands is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.... |
opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | 10 December 1869 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés |
| La romance de la rose | opérette | 1 act | Étienne Tréfeu, J Prével and Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter | 11 December 1869 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Boule de neige (revised version of Barkouf) | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu | 14 December 1871 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Le roi Carotte Le roi Carotte Le roi Carotte is a 4-act opéra-bouffe-féerie with music by Jacques Offenbach and libretto by Victorien Sardou, after E. T. A. Hoffmann. It premiered at the Théâtre de la Gaîté on 15 January 1872... |
opéra bouffe féerie Opéra féerie Opéra féerie is a French genre of opera or opéra-ballet based on fairy tales, often with elements of magic in their stories... |
4 acts | Victorien Sardou Victorien Sardou Victorien Sardou was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play... after E. T. A. Hoffmann |
15 January 1872 | Paris, Théâtre de la Gaîté Théâtre de la Gaîté (rue Papin) In 1862 during Haussmann's modernization of Paris the Théâtre de la Gaîté of the boulevard du Temple was relocated to the rue Papin across from the Square des Arts et Métiers.... |
| Fantasio Fantasio (opera) Fantasio is an 1872 opéra comique in 3 acts, 4 tableaux with music by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was by Paul de Musset closely based on the play of the same name by his brother Alfred de Musset... |
opéra comique | 3 acts | Paul de Musset after A de Musset | 18 January 1872 | Paris, Opéra-Comique, Salle Favart |
| Fleurette, oder Trompeter und Näherin (composed as Fleurette c. 1863) | opéra comique | 1 act | Philippe Auguste Pittaud de Forges and M Laurencin | 12 March 1872 | Vienna, Carltheater Carltheater The Carltheater was a theatre in Vienna. It was in the suburbs in Leopoldstadt at Praterstraße 31 .It was the successor to the Leopoldstädter Theater. After a series of financial difficulties, that theater had been sold in 1838 to the director, Carl Carl, who continued to run it in parallel to his... |
| Le corsaire noir (performed as Der schwarze Corsar in 1872) | opéra comique | 3 acts | Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter, Étienne Tréfeu, and Offenbach | 21 September 1872 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien Theater an der Wien The Theater an der Wien is a historic theatre on the Left Wienzeile in the Mariahilf district of Vienna. Completed in 1801, it has seen the premieres of many celebrated works of theatre, opera, and symphonic music... |
| Les braconniers | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Henri Charles Chivot and Alfred Duru | 29 January 1873 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés |
| Pomme d'api Pomme d'api Pomme d'api is a one-act opérette of 1873 by Jacques Offenbach with a French libretto by Ludovic Halévy and William Busnach.-Background:... |
opérette | 1 act | Ludovic Halévy and William Busnach William Bertrand Busnach William Bertrand Busnach was a French dramatist.Busnach was a nephew of the composer Fromental Halévy. His father was associated with David Ben Joseph Coen Bakri, to whom France was indebted to the amount of some twenty-odd million francs for provisions furnished to Napoleon Bonaparte in Egypt... |
4 September 1873 | Paris, Théâtre de la Renaissance Théâtre de la Renaissance The name Théâtre de la Renaissance has been used successively for three distinct Parisian theatre companies. The first two companies, which were short-lived enterprises in the 19th century, used the Salle Ventadour, now an office building on the Rue Méhul in the 2nd arrondissement.The current... |
| La permission de dix heures (revised version) | Mélésville and Pierre Carmouche | 4 September 1873 | Paris, Théâtre de la Renaissance | ||
| La vie parisienne La vie parisienne La vie parisienne is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, composed by Jacques Offenbach, with a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.This work was Offenbach's first full-length piece to portray contemporary Parisian life, unlike his earlier period pieces and mythological subjects... (revised version) |
4 acts | Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | 25 September 1873 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés | |
| La jolie parfumeuse La jolie parfumeuse La jolie parfumeuse is an opéra comique in three acts of 1873 with music by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was by Hector Crémieux and Ernest Blum.-Performance history:... |
opéra comique | 3 acts | Hector-Jonathan Crémieux and Ernest Blum | 29 November 1873 | Paris, Théâtre de la Renaissance |
| La Périchole La Périchole La Périchole is an opéra bouffe in three acts by Jacques Offenbach. Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy wrote the French-language libretto based on the 1829 one act play Le carrosse du Saint-Sacrement by Prosper Mérimée, which was revived on 13 March 1850 at the Théâtre-Français... (revised version) |
opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | 25 April 1874 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés |
| Bagatelle Bagatelle (opera) Bagatelle is a one-act opéra-comique by Jacques Offenbach, with a French libretto by Hector Crémieux and Ernest Blum.It was first produced on 21 May 1874 at Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens under the direction of the composer.-Roles:-Recordings:*... |
opéra comique | 1 act | Hector-Jonathan Crémieux and Ernest Blum | 21 May 1874 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Madame l'archiduc Madame l'archiduc Madame l’archiduc is an opéra bouffe, or operetta in three acts, by Jacques Offenbach, with a French libretto by Albert Millaud first performed in Paris in 1874.... |
opéra bouffe | 3 acts | A Millaud, Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | 31 October 1874 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Whittington (also performed as Le chat du diable, Paris, Théâtre du Châtelet Théâtre du Châtelet The Théâtre du Châtelet is a theatre and opera house, located in the place du Châtelet in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France.One of two theatres built on the site of a châtelet, a small castle or fortress, it was designed by Gabriel Davioud at the request of Baron Haussmann between 1860 and... , 9 October 1893) |
opéra bouffe féerie Opéra féerie Opéra féerie is a French genre of opera or opéra-ballet based on fairy tales, often with elements of magic in their stories... |
3 acts | Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu (English text by H. B. Farnie) | 26 December 1874 | London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... , Alhambra Alhambra Theatre The Alhambra was a popular theatre and music hall located on the east side of Leicester Square, in the West End of London. It was built originally as The Royal Panopticon of Science and Arts opening on 18 March 1854. It was closed after two years and reopened as the Alhambra. The building was... |
| Geneviève de Brabant Geneviève de Brabant Geneviève de Brabant is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach, first performed in Paris in 1859. The plot is based on the medieval legend of Genevieve of Brabant.... (second revised version) |
opéra féerie Opéra féerie Opéra féerie is a French genre of opera or opéra-ballet based on fairy tales, often with elements of magic in their stories... |
5 acts | Étienne Tréfeu and Hector Crémieux | 25 February 1875 | Paris, Théâtre de la Gaîté |
| Les hannetons | revue | 3 acts | Grangé and A Millaud | 22 April 1875 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| La boulangère a des écus | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | 19 October 1875 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés |
| Le voyage dans la lune Le voyage dans la lune (operetta) Le voyage dans la Lune is a opéra-féerie in four acts and 23 scenes by Jacques Offenbach. Loosely based on the novel From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne, its French libretto was by Albert Vanloo, Eugène Leterrier and Arnold Mortier.It premiered on 26 October 1875 at the Théâtre de la Gaîté... |
opéra féerie Opéra féerie Opéra féerie is a French genre of opera or opéra-ballet based on fairy tales, often with elements of magic in their stories... |
4 acts | Eugène Leterrier, Albert Vanloo and A Mortier | 26 October 1875 | Paris, Théâtre de la Gaîté |
| La créole | opéra comique | 3 acts | A Millaud and Henri Meilhac | 3 November 1875 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Tarte à la crême | valse | 1 act | A Millaud | 14 December 1875 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Pierrette et Jacquot | opérette | 1 act | J Noriac and Philippe Gille | 13 October 1876 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| La boîte au lait | opéra bouffe | 4 acts | Grangé and J Noriac | 3 November 1876 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Le docteur Ox | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | A Mortier and Philippe Gille, after Jules Verne Jules Verne Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , A Journey to the Center of the Earth , and Around the World in Eighty Days... |
26 January 1877 | Paris, Théâtre des Variétés |
| La foire Saint-Laurent | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Hector-Jonathan Crémieux, and A de Saint-Albin | 10 February 1877 | Paris, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques The Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques was a theatre in Paris in the 19th and 20th centuries. Opened first in 1832 in the site of the old Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique on the Boulevard du Temple, under Frédérick Lemaître it became a noted venue for the genre of mélodrame.In 1862, the theatre moved to the... |
| Maître Péronilla Maître Péronilla Maître Péronilla is an opéra bouffe in three acts of 1878 with music by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was by the composer with Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter and Paul Ferrier.... |
opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter, P Ferrier and Offenbach | 13 March 1878 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| Madame Favart Madame Favart Madame Favart is an opéra comique, or operetta, in three acts by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Alfred Duru and Henri Charles Chivot.-Performance history:... |
opéra comique | 3 acts | Alfred Duru and Henri Charles Chivot | 28 December 1878 | Paris, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques |
| La marocaine | opéra bouffe | 3 acts | Ferrier and Ludovic Halévy | 13 January 1879 | Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul |
| La fille du tambour-major La fille du tambour-major La fille du tambour-major is an opéra comique, or operetta, in three acts by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Alfred Duru and Henri Charles Chivot .... |
opéra comique | 3 acts | Alfred Duru and Henri Charles Chivot | 13 December 1879 | Paris, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques |
| Belle Lurette | opéra comique | 3 acts | Ernest Blum, E Blau and R Toché | 30 October 1880 | Paris, Théâtre de la Renaissance |
| Mam'zelle Moucheron | opérette bouffe | 1 act | Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo Albert Vanloo Albert Vanloo was a Belgian librettist and playwright.Vanloo lived in Paris as a child and was attracted to the theatre. As a young student he began writing plays and opéra comique libretti, notably with Eugène Leterrier who remained his main collaborator until the latter's death in 1884... |
10 May 1881 | Paris, Théâtre de la Renaissance |
Pastiche
Theatres in the English-speaking centres used music by Offenbach to create pasticcioPastiche
A pastiche is a literary or other artistic genre or technique that is a "hodge-podge" or imitation. The word is also a linguistic term used to describe an early stage in the development of a pidgin language.-Hodge-podge:...
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. Examples include:
- Cigarette, words by G D'Arcy, 9 September 1876, Globe TheatreGlobe Theatre (Newcastle Street)The Globe was a Victorian theatre built in 1868 and demolished in 1902. It was the third of five London theatres to bear the name. It was also known at various times as the Royal Globe Theatre or Globe Theatre Royal. Its repertoire consisted mainly of comedies and musical shows...
, London - Forty Winks, an English version of Une nuit blanche
- Blush Rose, (D'Arcy)
- The Barber of Bath (Farnie)
- Der Goldschmeid von Toledo, mainly using music from Der Schwarze Corsar
- Christopher Columbus, (Don White), recorded in London in 1977 by Opera RaraOpera RaraOpera Rara is a British record label, founded in the early 1970s by Americans Patric Schmid and Don White to promote concerts of rare and/or forgotten operas by Giacomo Meyerbeer and Donizetti and such other "bel canto" composers as Giovanni Pacini, Saverio Mercadante, and Federico Ricci.The...
Le carnaval des revues and Les hannetons include pre-existing scores but were created under Offenbach and include some new music by him.
See also
- For Offenbach's opéraOperaOpera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
s see Die RheinnixenDie RheinnixenDie Rheinnixen is a romantic opera in four acts by Jacques Offenbach. The original libretto by Charles-Louis-Etienne Nuitter was translated into German by Alfred von Wolzogen....
and Les contes d'Hoffmann. - For Offenbach's other works, see List of compositions by Jacques Offenbach.