Opera Rara revive the 1860 work in which a dog is appointed Sultan. A fine cast, the Hallé and ENO chorus, and impeccable rhyming narration from Alistair McGowan, ensure things fizz ...

Barkouf, the operetta that Offenbach wrote in 1860 immediately after Orpheus in the Underworld, was, you might say, dogged by ...

Offenbach, who also launched avant-garde innovations in stagecraft and design, played a leading role in cultural change, not only in music but also in literature, art, and politics, as he offered an ...

A mechanical doll, a young singer, and a Venetian courtesan. All are loved by Hoffmann, the central character of “The Tales of Hoffmann,” a captivating opera wherein reality and fantasy become one.

As the title character in Jacques Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” peers at a mechanical doll through special fantasy-granting glasses, the toy becomes far more than the sum of her mannequin parts ...

With a pacing faster than a sitcom and sometimes funnier, Opera Sartatoga’s production of “La Vie Parisienne” is all about indulgence, desire and diversion. Best known for his comedies, the French ...

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When Twin Cities director Scotty Reynolds started presenting imaginative outdoor mashups of opera and pop, one of the first works he offered was Jacques Offenbach’s “The Tales of Hoffmann.” In 2010, ...

“Songbird,” the adaptation of Offenbach’s operetta “La Périchole” now playing at the Washington National Opera, harks back to the days when Covid-19 forced arts groups to find new ways to perform. In ...