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Donald explains how Offenbach's La vie parisienne and Les Brigands entertained the Parisian home crowd, and the composer tried his hand at romantic opera in Vienna. Show more
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Donald explains how Offenbach's La vie parisienne and Les Brigands entertained the Parisian home crowd, and the composer tried his hand at romantic opera in Vienna. Show more
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Donald Macleod Offenbach's final opera, Les Contes d'Hoffmann, which he began in 1877, and which occupied him for the rest of his life. Show more
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Donald Macleod traces Offenbach's early years from Cologne to Paris where, after years of struggle, he achieve his first big theatrical success. Show more
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Donald Macleod discusses Offenbach's La belle Helene and La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein with celebrated soprano Felicity Lott. Show more
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Donald Macleod explains how Offenbach's success was challenged by the difficulties created by the advent of the Third Republic. Show more