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Orpheus in the Underworld

Jacques Offenbach’s *Orpheus in the Underworld* is a 1858 French operetta blending mythology and satire. This opera-bouf...

Classic French Offenbach Opera Bouffe

9.6 Brilliant

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Orpheus in der Unterwelt

Offenbach’s *Orpheus in der Unterwelt* is a 1858 French operetta that uses the myth of Orpheus to deliver biting satire....

Stage French Satire Opera Bouffe

9.5 Brilliant

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La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein

Offenbach’s *La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein* is a French operetta from 1867. The work uses satire to critique military...

Military French Satire 1860S

9.0 Excellent

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Les brigands

Les brigands is an operetta by Jacques Offenbach composed in 1869. The French work utilizes a libretto by Henri Meilhac...

French Satire 1860S Offenbach

8.4 Great

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Barbe-bleue

Barbe-bleue is a French operetta by Jacques Offenbach, composed in 1866. It adapts Charles Perrault’s “Bluebeard” featur...

French Satire Fairy Tale 1860S

8.3 Great

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La fille du tambour-major

La fille du tambour-major is an operetta by Jacques Offenbach premiered in 1879. It’s notable for being one of his final...

Military French Romance Offenbach

8.0 Great

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Le voyage dans la lune

Le voyage dans la lune is Offenbach's 1875 opéra-féerie loosely after Jules Verne, premiered at the Théâtre de la Gaîté...

Fantasy French Moon Offenbach

7.9 Good

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Fantasio

Fantasio is Offenbach's 1872 opéra comique after Alfred de Musset, a work that failed in his lifetime but was revived th...

French Comedy Romance Offenbach

7.7 Good

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Les Deux Aveugles

Les Deux Aveugles is an 1855 one-act bouffonnerie musicale by Jacques Offenbach, among the first works staged at his new...

Stage French Comic 19TH Century

7.6 Good

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La princesse de Trébizonde

La princesse de Trébizonde is Offenbach's 1869 opéra bouffe, premiered at Baden-Baden and revised for Paris in the same...

French Comedy Circus 1860S

7.5 Good

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Le roi Carotte

Le roi Carotte is Offenbach's 1872 opéra-bouffe-féerie with a Victorien Sardou libretto, noted for its political satire...

Fantasy French Satire Offenbach

7.5 Good

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Le pont des soupirs

Le pont des soupirs is Offenbach's Venice-set 1861 opéra bouffe, with a Crémieux-Halévy libretto and a later four-act Pa...

French Comedy Venice 1860S

7.4 Good

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Robinson Crusoé

Robinson Crusoé is Offenbach's 1867 opéra comique after Daniel Defoe, written for the Paris Opéra-Comique and known for...

Adventure French Literary 1860S

7.4 Good

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Le Mariage aux lanternes

Le Mariage aux lanternes is an 1857 one-act operetta by Jacques Offenbach, a rustic comedy written for the Bouffes-Paris...

Stage French Comic 19TH Century

7.3 Good

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Le petit Faust

Le petit Faust is Hervé's 1869 opera bouffe parody of Goethe and Gounod's Faust, first staged at Paris's Folies-Dramatiq...

French Satire Parody 1860S

7.2 Good

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Geneviève de Brabant

Geneviève de Brabant is an 1859 opéra bouffe by Offenbach based on a medieval legend; its Gendarmes' Duet formed a basis...

French Satire Medieval 1850S

7.2 Good

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M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le...

M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le... is Offenbach's one-act 1861 opéra bouffe, a Paris drawing-room parody of Italian be...

French Parody Salon 1860S

7.2 Good

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Le docteur Ox

Le docteur Ox is Offenbach's 1877 opéra bouffe adapted from Jules Verne's short story, premiered at Paris's Théâtre des...

French Science Satire Offenbach

7.2 Good

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Madame Favart

Madame Favart is Offenbach's 1878 opéra comique about the actress Justine Favart, a late Paris success that ran 208 perf...

French Historical Theatre Offenbach

7.2 Good

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L'île de Tulipatan

L'île de Tulipatan is Offenbach's one-act 1868 opéra bouffe, with a Chivot-Duru libretto and a comic plot centered on mi...

French Satire 1860S Offenbach

7.0 Good