La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein

Jacques Offenbach

1867

La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein is an opéra bouffe (French comic opera), composed by Jacques Offenbach when his career was at its height. It premiered in 1867 and had performances at the Paris Exposition, where its audiences included the crowned heads of Europe. Later, because of the antimilitarism of its libretto, La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein was banned in France after France’s 1871 defeat in the Franco-Prussian War.

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Paris: Brandus & Dufour (ca. 1867), reprinted Paris: Ph. Maquet (after 1887); from Tales of Hoffmann, ca. 1880–1881. Paris: Choudens Père et fils [1881]. Plate A.C. 5100.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 6.

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