Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

The Théâtre des Bouffes (also short Bouffes ) is a theater in Paris in the 2nd arrondissement at address 4, rue Monsigny.

History

The theater was founded on July 5, 1855 by the composer Jacques Offenbach. It was his first one-act play only with not more than four persons allowed on the stage. As the " Opéra- bouffe " is designated many works of Offenbach, modeled after the older Opéra -Comique (which were referred to in Germany and Austria as " operetta" or as a " burlesque opera" or " travesty operetta" and played), therefore Offenbach also called according to the theater he founded. Offenbach had previously been musical director of the Théâtre Français. Its there with the links to high government officials considerably helped him to obtain the license for his new theater.

As an opera composer, he was not yet emerged, the established Parisian theater did not lead to his pieces. Only with the opening of his own theater, he was in Paris during the Great Exhibition to stardom. He aimed from the outset to a more socially excepted audience, as can be seen from the dress code, which provided tailcoat and white gloves as in the grand opera.

With the one-act opera Les Deux Aveugles ( The two blind men ) opened Offenbach Bouffes. Seven years later, he handed over the management of the theater. In the Théâtre des Bouffes next to Offenbach's operetta pieces by Hervé, Emmanuel Chabrier and Henri Christiné experienced their first performance.

The theater still exists and plays mostly contemporary comedies.

2005 Symposium establishing history of Bouffes or to early operetta and their environment was part of the Jacques Offenbach Festival in Bad Ems.

Nadar: The actor Désiré in the role of Jupiter in Orpheus in the Underworld at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens