Fact file
| Year of birth | 1819 |
| Year of death | 1880 |
| Nationality | France |
| Period | Romantic |
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BudapestAria evening with Olga Peretyatko
Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Offenbach, Gounod, Glinka
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Michelangelo Mazza; Olga Peretyatko
ZürichHäuptling Abendwind
Offenbach: Evening Breeze, or the Horrible Feast
Thomas Barthel; Rüdiger Burbach; Zurich Opera; Anja Furthmann; Katharina von Bock; Fabienne Hadorn
LondonRobinson Crusoe
Offenbach: Robinson Crusoe
Michael Rosewell; Bill Bankes-Jones; RCM Opera Studio; Sarah Booth
Clermont-FerrandLa Vie parisienne
Offenbach: La Vie parisienne
Gaspard Brécourt; Olivier Desbordes; Opéra Éclaté; David Belugou; Steeve Brudey; Hoël Troadec
FlorenceCavalleria rusticana / Un Mari à la porte
Mascagni, Offenbach
Valerio Galli; Luigi Di Gangi; Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Federica Parolini; Daniela Cernigliaro; Alexia Voulgaridou; Marina Ogii
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Women in the driving seat at the Elbphilharmonie
Alondra de la Parra and Camille Thomas, together with the Hamburg Philharmonic, refute suggestions that there could be a gender gap in the world of music-making.
Mixed Evening at Deutsche Oper Berlin's new Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Deutsche Oper Berlin staged an ambitious production by Laurence Pelly with mixed results. The performance included new discoveries and young singers brought fresh energy to the evening.
A diva debut: Anna Netrebko in recital at Carnegie Hall
Netrebko put together a potpourri showcasting her immense vocal gifts as well as her versatility.
A tour d'horizon of French song; Gens and Manoff enchant Oxford
Here was singing and playing to live long in the memory.
Irish National Opera's futuristic Hoffmann
Tom Creed's take on Offenbach's opéra fantastique works best in the Olympia act in this new production in Dublin.
List of works
Barbe-bleueConcerto militaireEvening Breeze, or the Horrible FeastFantasioLa Belle Helene: overtureLa Belle HélèneLa Grande-Duchesse de GerolsteinLa Vie parisienneLa Vie parisienne: overtureLes Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour (Barcarolle)Les Contes d’Hoffmann: “Olympia” actMadame FavartMaître PéronillaOrphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld)Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld): Can-CanOrphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld): Le Royaume de NeptuneRhine Fairies, The (Les Fées du Rhin): OvertureRobinson CrusoeUn Mari à la porte (A Husband at the Door)