Offenbach, Jacques

Offenbach, Jacques (20 June 1819, Deutz, Germany; 5 October 1880, Paris), composer, was a student at the Paris Conservatoire between 1833 and 1837, when he also played in the orchestra at the Opéra-Comique. After his appointment as conductor at the Comédie-Française in 1849, he began to compose for the theatre, and he created nearly a hundred pieces for the musical stage over the next quarter century. Many of these works were produced at the Bouffes-Parisiens Theatre , which he established in…