Offenbach

OFFENBACH. Add that he died of gout on the heart, at his residence on the Boulevard des Capucines, Oct. 5, 1880. His posthumous works include La belle Lurette, composed within a short time of his death, and Les Contes d'Hoffmann, opéra comique. The former was revised by Léo Delibes, and produced at the Rénaissance, Oct. 30, 1880, with Jane Hading, Milly Meyer, Vauthier, Jolly, etc. (in English at the Avenue Theatre, March 24, 1883). The second opera was the composer's...