Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Jacques Offenbach across 3 places, from 1844 to 1880.
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Jacques Offenbach (20 June 1819 to 5 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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1844year
Windsor Castleattested“The Era wrote of his debut performance in London, "His execution and taste excited both wonder and pleasure, the genius he exhibited amounting to absolute inspiration." The British press reported a triumphant royal command performance; T…”source: Wikipedia: Jacques Offenbach
1844year
Londonattested“The Era wrote of his debut performance in London, "His execution and taste excited both wonder and pleasure, the genius he exhibited amounting to absolute inspiration." The British press reported a triumphant royal command performance; T…”source: Wikipedia: Jacques Offenbach
February 1849month
Parisattested“Returning to Paris in February 1849 Offenbach found the grand salons closed down.”source: Wikipedia: Jacques Offenbach
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1833year
Parismentioned“In 1833 Isaac decided that his musically talented sons Julius and Jacob (then aged 18 and 14) needed to leave the provincial musical scene of Cologne to study in Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Jacques Offenbach
1855year
Francementioned“Paris was about to be filled between May and November with visitors from France and abroad for the 1855 Great Exhibition.”source: Wikipedia: Jacques Offenbach
May 1855month
Parismentioned“Between 1853 and May 1855 Offenbach wrote three one-act operettas and managed to have them staged in Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Jacques Offenbach
1856 to 1859period
Salle Lacazementioned“The company returned to the Salle Lacaze for the 1856, 1857 and 1859 summer seasons, performing at the in the winter.”source: Wikipedia: Jacques Offenbach
Colognementioned“The opera was presented with substantial cuts at the Vienna Court Opera and in Cologne in 1865.”source: Wikipedia: Jacques Offenbach
1865year
Vienna State Operamentioned“The opera was presented with substantial cuts at the Vienna Court Opera and in Cologne in 1865.”source: Wikipedia: Jacques Offenbach
September 1870month
Battle of Sedanmentioned“When the empire fell in the wake of Prussia's crushing victory at Sedan in September 1870, Offenbach's music was suddenly out of favour.”source: Wikipedia: Jacques Offenbach
1871year
Parismentioned“By the end of 1871 life in Paris had returned to normal, and Offenbach ended his voluntary exile.”source: Wikipedia: Jacques Offenbach
1873year
Booth's Theatrementioned“At Booth's Theatre, New York, Offenbach conducted and his recent (1873) .”source: Wikipedia: Jacques Offenbach
1875year
Royalty Theatrementioned“At the Royalty Theatre, Richard D'Oyly Carte presented in 1875.”source: Wikipedia: Jacques Offenbach
July 1876month
Francementioned“He returned to France in July 1876, with profits that were handsome but not spectacular.”source: Wikipedia: Jacques Offenbach
1878year
Francementioned“Offenbach's later operettas enjoyed renewed popularity in France, especially (1878), which featured a fantasy plot about the real-life French actress Marie Justine Favart, and (1879), which was the most successful of his operettas of the…”source: Wikipedia: Jacques Offenbach
30 October 1880exact date
Théâtre de la Renaissancementioned“Offenbach also left his last comedy, , unfinished; Léo Delibes orchestrated it and it was given at the Théâtre de la Renaissance on 30 October 1880.”source: Wikipedia: Jacques Offenbach
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