Oct 25, 2010 jacque offenbach is known for his beautiful music this is one of his best. Browse the worlds largest ebookstore and start reading today on the web, tablet, phone, or ereader. Jacque offenbach is known for his beautiful music this is one of his best. The piece parodies the story of helens elopement with paris, which set off the trojan war. The dashing prince of troy wins helens love with the assistance of a cunning oracle who outwits her husband and an assortment of royal grecian heroes. Click on the button to go to the page where you can download the music at the end of each line you find more information about the music of that specific performer. Jacques offenbach was a germanfrench composer, cellist and impresario of the romantic. Jacques offenbach offenbach, jacques, 18191880 the. The data is only saved locally on your computer and never transferred to us. The grand duchess of gerolstein libretto, music, and commentary, also by adrian ross and charles h.
Jacques offenbach offenbach, jacques, 18191880 a wikipedia article about this author is available offenbach, jacques, 18191880. Its first performance in paris was quickly followed by productions in vienna, berlin. For the curious, the mysterious jean laforge, whose name appears several times in the amazon track list, turns out to be the chorus master. Born in cologne in 1819, offenbach was the seventh of ten children. In this fastpaced, brilliant antique travesty by jacques offenbach, socalled good sense is thoroughly torn from its rotten hinges. Arthausmusik on facebook arthausmusik on twitter arthausmusik on youtube. This performance of offenbachs opera is musically strong but the videoheavy production is trying.
Jacques offenbach composer 18191880 play or download midi files from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. It was first presented at the theatre des varietes, paris, dec. Photograph of offenbach in all his weirdlooking glory. Publication date 1864 topics operas bouffes, stage works, operas, comic operas, for voices, mixed chorus, orchestra, scores. Jennifer larmore, junsang han, peter galliard, viktor rud, rebecca jo loeb, philharmoniker hamburg, conducted by gerrit priessnitz. A brief look in the penguin opera guide confirms the following. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Adelphi theatre, london as helen or taken from the greek 30 june 1866. Operette d offenbach, mise en scene shirley et dino, avec stephanie doustrac. From the 1864 creation of this irresistible homeric epic until the fall of the second empire in 1870, hardly a soiree passed in paris without a performance of an offenbach work. Music by jacques offenbach theatres des varietes, paris 17 december, 1864. Were showing underwater photos to accompany this music. Its first performance in paris was quickly followed by productions in vienna, berlin, london, milan and new york. Brookfield multiple formats at gilbert and sullivan archive.
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