- Offenbach: Ba-Ta-Clan
- Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne
- Offenbach: La Belle Helène
- Offenbach: La Belle Helène
- Offenbach: La Fille du tambour-major: excerpts
- Offenbach: La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein
- Offenbach: La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein: excerpts
- Offenbach: La Perichole
- Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne (Paris Life)
- Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne (Paris Life)
- Offenbach: Les bavards
- Offenbach: Les Brigands
- Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
- Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
- Offenbach: Mesdames de la Halle
- Offenbach: Monsieur Choufleuri restera chez lui le…
- Offenbach: Operetta Arias
- Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers
- Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers
- Offenbach: Pomme d’Api
- Offenbach: Six Fables de La Fontaine
He was born in Cologne, but it was in Paris that Jacques Offenbach achieved fame. A special feature of this 30-CD collection are star-studded recordings in both French and German of his most celebrated operettas – works that overflow with joie de vivre and satirical wit – and of Les Contes d’Hoffmann, an opera that daringly fuses fantasy, comedy and tragedy. It also includes irresistibly stylish performances of such tempting rarities as Les Brigands, Pomme d’Api, Monsieur Choufleuri and Mesdames de la Halle.
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