Offenbach
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Jacques 1819–80, French composer.
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a city in S Hesse, in central Germany, on the Main River, near Frankfurt.
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Music had been part of theater’s appeal since the early years of the republic, but even up until the late 19th century, European imports were dominant, notably the operettas of Gilbert & Sullivan and Jacques Offenbach.
In fact, the great Orpheus work from that era was Offenbach’s delightfully witty and irreverent operetta “Orpheus in the Underworld,” which pokes fun at the obsession.
From New York Times
“It was a sort of healing,” said Karin Marré-Harrak, the headmaster of a high school in the multicultural city of Offenbach.
From New York Times
Weather, of course, is always a factor in outdoor opera, and rain and lightning forced the cancellation of Friday evening’s performance of “Songbird,” an adaptation of Offenbach’s “La Périchole.”
From New York Times
Boehm, who was born in Offenbach in central Germany in 1920, built more than 50 churches, many of them in his signature concrete style.
From Seattle Times
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