Offenbach

American  

[aw-fuhn-bahk, of-uhn-, aw-fen-bak, awf-uhn-bahkh] / ˈɔ fənˌbɑk, ˈɒf ən-, ɔ fɛnˈbak, ˈɔf ənˌbɑx /

noun

1. Jacques 1819–80, French composer.

2. a city in S Hesse, in central Germany, on the Main River, near Frankfurt.

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Offenbach ¹ British  

/ ˈɔfənbax /

noun

1. a city in central Germany, on the River Main in Hesse opposite Frankfurt am Main: leather-goods industry. Pop: 119 208 (2003 est)

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Offenbach ² British  

/ ɔfɛnbak, ˈɒfənˌbɑːk /

noun

1. Jacques (ʒɑk). 1819–80, German-born French composer of many operettas, including Orpheus in the Underworld (1858), and of the opera The Tales of Hoffmann (1881)

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Offenbach

In 1959, Eintracht faced local rivals Kickers Offenbach in the German championship final in Berlin.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2022

The production is a dismaying, yet magnificent, overthrowing of the Offenbach typically presented as an innocuously charming wit who gave the world the light entertainment of operetta.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2019

This Sunday’s program includes performances of Mozart’s Sonata, Bach’s Chaconne and an Offenbach duet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2019

Offenbach, from an earlier era, is a different flavor of operetta.

From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2019

Giacomo Meyerbeer and Jacques Offenbach - the noms de plume, in fact, of two German Jews originally named Jacob - took the Paris opera world by storm in the 1830s and ’40s.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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