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Jacques Offenbach (20 June 1819 – 5 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario of the romantic period. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s–1870s and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre, particularly Johann Strauss, Jr. and Arthur Sullivan. His best-known works were continually revived during the 20th century, and many of his operettas continue to be staged in the 21st. The Tales of Hoffman remains part of the standard opera repertory.
Born in Cologne, the son of a synagogue cantor, Offenbach showed early musical talent. At the age of 14, he was accepted as a student at the Paris Conservatoire but found academic study unfulfilling and left after a year. From 1835 to 1855 he earned his living as a cellist, achieving international fame, and as a conductor. His ambition, however, was to compose comic pieces for the musical theatre. Finding the management of Paris's Opéra-Comique company uninterested in staging his works, in 1855 he leased a small theatre in the Champs-Élysées. There he presented a series of his own small-scale pieces, many of which became popular.
Actors: Ottokar Runze (writer), István Szabó (director), Ádám Rajhona (actor), István Szilágyi (actor), Miklós Benedek (actor), Tamás Jordán (actor), István Göz (actor), János Kulka (actor), Györgyi Szakács (costume designer), Zoltán Benkóczy (actor), Zsuzsa Stenger (costume designer), Péter Kálloy Molnár (actor), István Bubik (actor), Ferenc Zentai (actor), Bernd Helthaler (producer),
Genres: Drama, History, Musical,Actors: Erwin Halletz (composer), Franz Antel (producer), Franz Antel (writer), Mathieu Carrière (actor), Zsa Zsa Gabor (actress), Volkmar Kleinert (actor), John Phillip Law (actor), Mike Marshall (actor), Herbert Moulton (actor), Philippe Nicaud (actor), Oliver Tobias (actor), Rolf Hoppe (actor), Mary Crosby (actress), Karin Dor (actress), Gerdago (costume designer),
Genres: Drama, Musical,Actors: Horst Buchholz (actor), James Faulkner (actor), Andrew L. Stone (producer), Rossano Brazzi (actor), Andrew L. Stone (writer), Andrew L. Stone (director), Guido Wieland (actor), Nigel Patrick (actor), Helmut Janatsch (actor), Willard Parker (actor), Marty Allen (actor), Ernest Walter (editor), Yvonne Mitchell (actress), Trudy von Trotha (miscellaneous crew), Paola Loew (actress),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical, Romance,Actors: Balduin Baas (actor), Hans-Peter Korff (actor), Pinkas Braun (actor), Vera Mügge (costume designer), Rudolf Jugert (director), Herbert Bötticher (actor), Norbert Schultze (writer), Joachim Rake (actor), Hans Irle (actor), Gerhard Friedrich (actor), Curt Timm (actor), Hans Timmermann (actor), Hans Kahlert (actor), Dieter Groest (actor), Sigrid von Richthofen (actress),
Genres: Biography, Music, Romance,Actors: Arthur Maria Rabenalt (director), Rolf Castell (actor), Gerd Frickhöffer (actor), Harry Hardt (actor), Walter Ladengast (actor), Helmut Lohner (actor), Ulrich Beiger (actor), Paul Bös (actor), Maxl Graf (actor), Harry Hertzsch (actor), Werner Lieven (actor), Christiane Nielsen (actress), Hans Friedrich (actor), Charlotte Scheier-Herold (actress), John van Kesteren (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Pinkas Braun (actor), Hubert von Meyerinck (actor), Maria Matray (writer), Ernst Matray (director), Max Walter Sieg (actor), Peter Schütte (actor), Michael Cramer (actor), Elfie Mayerhofer (actress), Ilse Bally (actress), Julia Fjorsen (actress), Otto Reimer (actor), Ann Hölling (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Musical,Actors: Harry Hardt (actor), Paul Verhoeven (actor), Hanns Marschall (writer), Bernhard Wicki (actor), Karlheinz Böhm (actor), Claus Biederstaedt (actor), Hilde Krahl (actress), Hans Putz (actor), Ludwig Schmid-Wildy (actor), Erik Frey (actor), Leonard Steckel (actor), Gert Fröbe (actor), Hermann Thimig (actor), Paul Verhoeven (director), Paul Verhoeven (writer),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: August Rieger (miscellaneous crew), Gerdago (costume designer), Egon von Jordan (actor), Eduard von Borsody (director), Johannes Heesters (actor), Hugo Gottschlich (actor), August Rieger (writer), Franz Böheim (actor), Erik Frey (actor), Gretl Schörg (actress), Helmut Qualtinger (actor), Theodor Danegger (actor), Robert Valberg (actor), Hans Fritz Köllner (writer), Ferdinand Mayerhofer (actor),
Genres: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance,Actors: Paul Villé (actor), Jean Hébey (actor), Pierre Dux (actor), Marcel Rouzé (actor), Lucien Nat (actor), Joé Davray (actor), Jacques Castelot (actor), Jacques Dynam (actor), Robert Manuel (actor), Pierre Juvenet (actor), Max Dalban (actor), Pierre Fresnay (actor), Gabriel Gobin (actor), Marcel Achard (director), Marcel Achard (writer),
Genres: Comedy, Musical,