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Monsieur Choufleuri restera chez lui is a one-act opérette bouffe composed by Jacques Offenbach, premiering in Paris in 1861. The plot centers on a bourgeois man who attempts to host a high-society gathering featuring famous Italian singers. When the professionals fail to appear, the host forces his...
The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as First Manassas, was fought on July 21, 1861, near Manassas, Virginia. It was the first major land engagement of the American Civil War, with Confederate forces under Generals Beauregard and Johnston defeating the Union army commanded by General McDowell. T...
"La chanson de Fortunio" is a one-act opéra-comique composed by Jacques Offenbach, premiering in 1861. The piece features a libretto by Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy and functions as a sequel to Molière's 1662 stage play "The School for Wives." It is structured as a light, witty French operetta...
The Battle of Fort Sumter was a Confederate artillery attack on the United States garrison at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, from April 12 to 14, 1861. Confederate forces under General P. G. T. Beauregard bombarded the fort until Major Robert Anderson surrendered and evacuated it....
The First Battle of Bull Run, also called the First Battle of Manassas, was fought on July 21, 1861, near Manassas, Virginia. Confederate forces under P. G. T. Beauregard and Joseph E. Johnston defeated the Union army commanded by Irvin McDowell. The Confederate counterattack, associated with Thomas...
