Offenbach / San Francisco / New York / Paris / Berlin / Cologne / Vienna / London / /
Company
The times / Second Empire / /
Continent
America / Europe / /
Country
Germany / Italy / France / Austria / /
Currency
GBP / /
Event
Person Travel / M&A / /
Facility
The Palace / Conservatory of Paris / Opera Comique / Pocket Opera / Such facility / Bridge of Sighs / /
IndustryTerm
boundless energy / nervous energy / /
Movie
The Tales of Hoffmann / /
NaturalFeature
Berlin waterfall / New York waterfall / London waterfall / /
Organization
Pocket Opera / Legion of Honor / Conservatory of Paris / /
Person
Hector Saloman / Franz Liszt / Belle Helene / Johann Strauss / Cherubini / Napoleon / Michael Puchberg / Zulma Buffar / Shakespeare / Halevy / Johnson / Meilhac / /
Position
composer / starchy and xenophobic composer / business manager and stage director / Princess / equally facile writer / Iron Chancellor / musician / /
OFFENBACH IN FOUR ACTS (A talk given at The Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, l996) Offenbach -- a tiny, frail, odd-looking person who weighed about a hundred pounds and seemed to live entirely on nervous ene