Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
The Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens (also Bouffes-Parisiens for short ) is a theater in Paris in the 2nd arrondissement at 4 rue Monsigny .
history
The theater was founded on July 5, 1855 by the composer Jacques Offenbach . Initially, he was only allowed one-act plays with no more than four people on stage. Many Offenbach's works were called “Opéra-bouffe”, based on the example of the older Opéra comique (which were referred to and performed in Germany and Austria as “Operetta” or “Burlesque Opera” or “Travesty Operetta”), which is why Offenbach was also named the theater he founded accordingly. Offenbach had previously been the musical director of the Théâtre Français . The relationships he established there with high state officials helped him significantly in obtaining the license for his new theater.
He had not previously emerged as a stage composer, and the established Parisian theaters did not perform his pieces. It was only with the opening of his own theater that he became a star in the Paris World's Fair . From the outset, he aimed at a socially better-off audience, as can be seen from the dress code, which provided for tails and white gloves as in the Grand Opéra .
Offenbach opened the Bouffes-Parisiens with the one-act play Les Deux Aveugles ( The Two Blinds ). Seven years later he gave up the management of the theater. In addition to Offenbach's operettas, pieces by Hervé , Emmanuel Chabrier and Henri Christiné were premiered at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens .
The theater still exists today and mainly plays contemporary comedies.
In 2005, as part of the Jacques Offenbach Festival Bad Ems, a symposium on the founding history of the Bouffes-Parisiens and on the early operetta and its environment took place.
literature
- Peter Ackermann, Ralf-Olivier Schwarz and Jens Stern (eds.): Jacques Offenbach and the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens 1855 . Muth, Fernwald 2006 (= Jacques Offenbach Studies, Vol. 1), ISBN 3-929379-15-5 .
Web links
- Bouffes Parisiens , website of the theater (French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 52 ′ 9 ″ N , 2 ° 20 ′ 8 ″ E