Offenbach

Operetta master, French-German

Offenbach is a German city near Frankfurt, and separately the surname of Jacques Offenbach, the 19th-century composer of operettas including *Orpheus in the Underworld* and *The Tales of Hoffmann*.

In musical contexts, Offenbach usually refers to the composer: We're seeing some Offenbach tonight.

composer

operetta

Comic musical theater piece

Underworld · Hoffmann · libretto · overture · Second Empire · musical theater · satirical · Parisian · conductor · cellist

city

Germany

Central European nation

industrial · leather · manufacturing · suburb · metropolitan · German · township · district · Bieber · urban

Categories
Opposites
musical weight and seriousness

OffenbachWagner

German Romantic opera composer

Richard Wagner · Brahms · Bruckner · Mahler · grand opera

operatic aesthetic and form

OffenbachWagner

German Romantic opera composer

Parsifal · Ring Cycle · grand opera · Gesamtkunstwerk · Verdi

Family

Bach

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G