When is Jacques Offenbach's birthday?

Jacques Offenbach's birthday is June 20. He was born on June 20, 1819 in Cologne, Germany.

How old was Jacques Offenbach when he died?

Jacques Offenbach died on October 4, 1880, aged 61.

Who shares a birthday with Jacques Offenbach?

Famous people who share Jacques Offenbach's June 20 birthday include Nicole Kidman, Frank Lampard, John Goodman, Droupadi Murmu and Jean-Marie Le Pen.

Music · Business · 1819–1880

Jacques Offenbach — Age, Birthday & Biography

Born: 20 June 1819 · Died: 4 October 1880 · Age: 61

Composer of the Can-can and many popular nineteenth-century operettas

Did you know?Although he is closely associated with Paris, he was born in Germany and only moved to France as a teenager to study.

Quick facts

Date of birth20 June 1819
Date of death4 October 1880
Age at death61
Cause of deathHeart failure
NationalityFrench
BirthplaceCologne, Germany
Occupationcomposer, cellist, conductor

Editor's Take:

Jacques Offenbach made Second Empire Paris laugh at itself. His operettas turned Greek myths into sharp satires of politics, morals and high society. The tunes were irresistible. His Orpheus gave the world the can-can music still heard at cabarets today. He wrote around a hundred stage works with astonishing speed. He died months before his darkest and most ambitious work, The Tales of Hoffmann, reached the stage. His melodies remain among the most recognisable in music.

Key Milestones

1833: Arrives in Paris
1855: Opens his own theatre
1858: Orpheus in the Underworld premieres
1864: La Belle Hélène premieres

Jacques Offenbach (20 June 1819 – 5 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann.

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Jacques Offenbach: King of Operetta

German-French composer, born 1819

Jacques Offenbach was born in Cologne on 20 June 1819.

He wrote Orpheus in the Underworld.

Its galop became the music of the can-can.

His last work was The Tales of Hoffmann.

Career highlights

1833Paris: arrives as cellist
1855Bouffes-Parisiens: theatre opens
1858Orpheus in the Underworld: premiere
1864La Belle Hélène: premiere
1881Tales of Hoffmann: premiere

Did you know?He was a virtuoso cellist before he became a composer.

Age at death: 61
Years since death: 146

Family

Father: Isaac Offenbach
Spouse: Herminia de Alcain
Children: Charles Ignace Auguste Jacques Offenbach, Minna Offenbach-Hettich

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When is Jacques Offenbach's birthday?: Jacques Offenbach's birthday is June 20. He was born on June 20, 1819 in Cologne, Germany.
How old was Jacques Offenbach when he died?: Jacques Offenbach died on October 4, 1880, aged 61.
Who shares a birthday with Jacques Offenbach?: Famous people who share Jacques Offenbach's June 20 birthday include Nicole Kidman, Frank Lampard, John Goodman, Droupadi Murmu and Jean-Marie Le Pen.

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