Jacques Offenbach (born June 20, 1819, Cologne, Prussia [Germany]—died October 5, 1880, Paris, France) was a composer who created a type of light burlesque French comic opera known as the
Born on June 20, 1819 in Cologne, son of a synagogue cantor, Jacques (Jacob) Offenbach began composing at the age of nine and showed great talent for the cello. His father sent him to study in
Jacques Offenbach (June 20, 1819 – October 5, 1880), composer and cellist of the Romantic era, was one of the originators of the operetta form. His light comical compositions reflected the ease and
Biography Jacques Offenbach was a composer-entrepreneur in search of the perfect formula for the musical stage. When he found it, in La belle Hélène and La Périchole, it brought him fame and fortune.
Jacques Offenbach (/ ˈɒfənbɑːx /; [n 1] 20 June 1819 – 5 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the
He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s–1870s and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre,
Jacques Offenbach (1819 to 1880) was a composer of German birth who took French citizenship and became famous in Paris for his comic operettas, a genre he created, and for the
When Jacob was admitted into the Paris Conservatory, the family moved there and Jacob changed his name to Jacques Offenbach. He made his musical reputation inventing the genre we now know as
Jacques Offenbach (born June 20, 1819, Cologne, Prussia
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