Offenbach's

Mark Ravenhill's passions were aroused by the jolly, and probably hilarious once You've Gone Too Far from Offenbach's Orpheus and the Underworld.

Radio review: Last Word; Private Passions 2011

Offenbach's "La Vie Parisienne," directed by the comic master Laurent Pelly, takes over Nov. 28-Dec. 8.

Packing in the Performances 2011

By age 12 the wunderkind had a broad repertoire which featured "Olympia's Aria" from Jacques Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann.

Michael Sigman: Marta Eggerth, Operetta Superstar, Turning 100 Michael Sigman 2012

Mark Ravenhill's passions were aroused by the jolly, and probably hilarious once You've Gone Too Far from Offenbach's Orpheus and the Underworld.

Radio review: Last Word; Private Passions 2011

Offenbach's observations are sanguine enough that I don't begrudge him his wit, but, fundamentally, what provides him a target for poking fun — with varying degrees of force — is American idealism, and idealism is a pretty easy target: ideals are, almost by definition, rarely met.

Entrez, messieurs, mesdames Matthew Guerrieri 2009

By age 12 the wunderkind had a broad repertoire which featured "Olympia's Aria" from Jacques Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann.

Michael Sigman: Marta Eggerth, Operetta Superstar, Turning 100 Michael Sigman 2012

By age 12 the wunderkind had a broad repertoire which featured "Olympia's Aria" from Jacques Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann.

Michael Sigman: Marta Eggerth, Operetta Superstar, Turning 100 Michael Sigman 2012

Bremner is now writing an updated English translation of Jacques Offenbach's light and satirical work which parodied the regime of Napoleon III.

Rory Bremner to parody Bullingdon Club with translation of comic opera 2011

For instance, the mock-dramatic love duet in "Croquefer," Offenbach's one-act 1857 send-up of medieval knighthood, comedically quotes the love themes from Jacques Halévy's "La Juive" and Giacomo Meyerbeer's "Robert le Diable" and "Les Huguenots," three of the most popular grand operas of that day.

Gilbert & Sullivan, Parody's Patresfamilias Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2011

Offenbach's observations are sanguine enough that I don't begrudge him his wit, but, fundamentally, what provides him a target for poking fun — with varying degrees of force — is American idealism, and idealism is a pretty easy target: ideals are, almost by definition, rarely met.

Archive 2009-01-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009