Jacques Offenbach and the Making of Modern Culture

Contents

• Introduction;
• 1. The French connection;
• 2. Wagner, Nietzsche, and the polemics of opera;
• 3. Tales from the Vienna stage;
• 4. Against the Victorian grain;
• 5. The discovery of America;
• 6. Caviar with the champagne;
• 7. Doing the Continental;
• 8. South of the equator, east of Suez;
• 9. A Max Reinhardt production;
• 10. Red stars;
• 11. French without tears;
• 12. English as she is spoke;
• 13. Rebirth from the ruins;
• 14. Conclusion: taking Offenbach seriously.