Gripping stuff? Not on a dramatic level. But it’s still a charming creation. Right from the start, Elder and the OAE’s period instruments lovingly revealed the delicacy of Offenbach’s orchestrations ...

British label Opera Rara has been recording neglected Offenbach pieces intermittently since the Seventies, but recent years have seen a closer engagement with the composer. Its latest project is ...

A work thought lost by Offenbach, "Fantasio" has been lovingly restored and performed for the first time onstage in Paris. Jacques Offenbach’s “Fantasio” is back on the opera stage in Paris, at the ...