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Issue No 51 - March 2010

  • Offenbach's Last Opéras-Comiques: Madame Favart Part 1 of a series by Alexander Flores
  • My Theatrical and Musical Recollections by Emily Soldene Society reprint - Part 11

Issue No 50 - December 2009

  • Vert-Vert in London 1874 by L A Perdoni
  • 150 years of Geneviève de Brabant by Peter Hawig - Part 2
  • Surprising Links and Coincidences with Geneviève de Brabant a few new insights by Jacobo Kaufmann
  • My Theatrical and Musical Recollections by Emily Soldene Society reprint - Part 10

Issue No 49 - September 2009

  • Emile Jonas (1827-1905) by Jacobo Kaufmann. The first in a series of articles about composers associated with Offenbach.
  • 150 years of Geneviève de Brabant by Peter Hawig - Part 1
  • My Theatrical and Musical Recollections by Emily Soldene Society reprint - Part 9

Issue No 48 - June 2009

  • Jacques Offenbach - A Centennial Sketch. Reprint of article by Gabriel Grovlez from The Musical Quarterly 1919.
  • My Theatrical and Musical Recollections by Emily Soldene Society reprint - Part 8

Issue No 47 - March 2009

  • An Overview of Performances of Offenbach's Stage Works 2007-2008 by Sue Underwood
  • My Theatrical and Musical Recollections by Emily Soldene Society reprint - Part 7

Issue No 46 - December 2008

  • A Guide to the Works of Jacques Offenbach A Suggested Categorization Scheme by Peter Hawig - Part 2
  • My Theatrical and Musical Recollections by Emily Soldene Society reprint - Part 6

Issue No 45 - September 2008

  • Offenbach in Spain A Summary of Offenbach productions in Madrid between 1856 and 1908, by Peter Hawig
  • A Guide to the Works of Jacques Offenbach A Suggested Categorization Scheme by Peter Hawig - Part 1
  • My Theatrical and Musical Recollections by Emily Soldene Society reprint - Part 5

Issue No 44 - June 2008

  • Entre Nous Some Reflection on the Forgotten Offenbach by Alexander Flores
  • Favourite Scenes L'Īle de Tulipatan by Robert L Folstein
  • My Theatrical and Musical Recollections by Emily Soldene Society reprint - Part 4

Issue No 43 - March 2008

  • Robert Pourvoyeur (1924 - 2007) Members' tributes
  • Musings on a Pair of Operettas (William Tell and La Belle Hélène) by Leon Perdoni
  • Elodie ou le Forfait nocturne by Robert L Folstein
  • My Theatrical and Musical Recollections by Emily Soldene Society reprint - Part 3

Issue No 42 - December 2007

  • Offenbach: Réminiscenes à Robert le Diable de Giacomo Meyebeer pour Six Violoncelli (1852) by Paul Christopher
  • Offenbach in Arabia by Alexander Flores
  • My Theatrical and Musical Recollections by Emily Soldene Society reprint - Part 2

Issue No 41 - Sepember 2007

  • Fantasio, including synopsis; catalogue of musical numbers; discography etc...
  • My Theatrical and Musical Recollections by Emily Soldene Society reprint - Part 1

Issue No 40 - June 2007

  • The French version of Whittington - Notes for a Work in Progress by Richard Duployen
  • Jacques Offenbach: A Sketch of his Life and a Record of his Operas by Richard Northcott (1917) Society reprint - Part 2

Issue No 39 - March 2007

  • Jacques Offenbach: A Sketch of his Life and a Record of his Operas by Richard Northcott (1917) Society reprint - Part 1

Issue No 38 - December 2006

  • Gaîté Parisienne by Rolbert L Folstein
  • The Best Kept Secret. Jacques Offenbach in Spain, Italy and Portugal by Jacobo Kaufmann
  • Musical Memories by Camille Saint-Saëns - Chapter XXI Jacques Offenbach Society reprint

Issue No 37 - September 2006

  • Une nuit blanche, Un mari à la porte, Bagatelle Changes in the Night Shift by Pater Hawig
  • Whittington by L A Perdoni

Issue No 36 - June 2006

  • La Diva by Robert L Folstein
  • Señor Offenbach: Au Travers de Pyrénées avec Péronilla by David Young

Issue No 35 - March 2006

  • The Music of Le Château à Toto by Alexander Grün

Issue No 34 - December 2005

  • La Périchole The Maurice Valency Edition for The Metropolitan Opera by Robert L Folstein
  • Le Château à Toto Articles about by Robert L Folstein, Ralf-Olivier Schwartz and Alexander Grün

Issue No 33 - September 2005

  • W S Gilbert and Les Brigands by Geoffrey Wilson
  • La Boulangère a des écus Articles by Robert L Folstein and Ralph Fischer

Issue No 32 - June 2005

  • Jacques Offenbach's Cello Duets by Paul Christopher
  • "O Dieu de quelle ivresse..." by Denis Clampton
  • Offenbach and the Romantics by Pascal Blanchet

Issue No 31 - March 2005

  • The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein by Robert L Folstein
  • Offenbach Materials in the Rokahr Family Archive

Issue No 30 - December 2004

  • From Misapouf to Barkouf by Prof. Robert Pourvoyeur
  • The Tales of Hoffmann Olympia's Aria - The Doll Song - A Survey of Recorded Performances by Denis Clampton
  • A Compilation of the Published Stage Works of Jaques Offenbach by Jack Rokahr

Issue No 29 - September 2004

  • Travel Forms the Young Mind by Dominique Ghesquière - Part 2
  • The Animal Songs Part 7 Coscoletto ou le Lazzarone No. 4 - Couplets by Robert L Folstein
  • Outer Space, Inner Rhythms: the concurrences of Jules Verne and Jacques Offenbach by Laurence Senelik

Issue No 28 - June 2004

  • Offenbach Family Photographs
  • The Animal Songs Part 6 Il Signor Fagotto No. 4 - Grand Air d Bacolo by Robert L Folstein
  • Travel Forms the Young Mind by Dominique Ghesquière - Part 1

Issue No 27 - March 2004

  • "O Gleam with Desire...." A Comparison of Versions of "Scintille Diamant" by Denis Clampton
  • The Tales of Hoffman The Myths, Mishaps and Miracles of an Ill-Fated Opera by Peter Hawig

Issue No 26 - December 2003

  • Orpheus in the Underworld by Correspondenceby Robert Mitchell
  • In a Quiet Chamber - On the Bustling Boulevards - Some Observations on the Creative Processes of Schubert and Offenbach by Hans Rudlof Huber

Issue No 25 - September 2003

  • A Preliminary Catalogue of the Works of Jacques Offenbach by Ralph Fischer

Issue No 24 - June 2003

  • Offenbach and Chekhov by Laurence Senelick
  • The Gilded Beauties of The Second Empire by Frédéric Loliée (1909): Society reprint - Chapter 15

Issue No 23 - March 2003

  • Jacques Offenbach's Die Rheinnixen by Jacobo Kaufmann
  • The Gilded Beauties of The Second Empire by Frédéric Loliée (1909): Society reprint - Chapter 14

Issue No 22 - December 2002

  • Offenbach and the Theory of Random Probability by David Young
  • The Animal Songs Part 5 - Couplets de Bababeck from Barkouf by Robert L Folstein
  • The Gilded Beauties of The Second Empire by Frédéric Loliée (1909): Society reprint - Chapter 12

Issue No 21 - September 2002

  • Orpheus in the South Pacific - A History of Offenbach Premieres in New Zealand by David Young - Part 2
  • The Offenbach Actess Zulma Bouffar by Hans Rudolf Huber - Part 2
  • The Gilded Beauties of The Second Empire by Frédéric Loliée (1909): Society reprint - Chapter 11

Issue No 20 - June 2002

  • The Offenbach Actess Zulma Bouffar by Hans Rudolf Huber - Part 1
  • Orpheus in the South Pacific - A History of Offenbach Premieres in New Zealand by David Young - Part 1
  • The Gilded Beauties of The Second Empire by Frédéric Loliée (1909): Society reprint - Chapter 10

Issue No 19 - March 2002

  • The Animal Songs Part 4 The Chicken Song from Geneviève de Brabant by Robert L Folstein
  • The Gilded Beauties of The Second Empire by Frédéric Loliée (1909): Society reprint - Chapter 9

Issue No 18 - December 2001

  • The Performing History of Works by Jacques Offenbach in Croatia and Vojvodina by Stanislav Zivkov Part 1
  • Geneviève (de Brabant) the Second by Ralph Fischer
  • The Gilded Beauties of The Second Empire by Frédéric Loliée (1909): Society reprint - Chapter 8

Issue No 17 - September 2001

  • The Full Circle Opera Project by Stephanie Vlahos
  • The Animal Songs Part 3 Duo de la Mouche from Orphée aux Enfers by Robert L Folstein
  • The Gilded Beauties of The Second Empire by Frédéric Loliée (1909): Society reprint - Chapter 7

Issue No 16 - June 2001 (no longer available)

  • Geneviève de Brabant by Robert L Folstein
  • The Animal Songs Part 2 Chanson de Miaou from La Chatte métamorphosée en femme by Robert L Folstein
  • The Gilded Beauties of The Second Empire by Frédéric Loliée (1909): Society reprint - Chapter 6

Issue No 15 - March 2001

  • The Animal Songs Part 1 Valse de la Basse Cour from Les Petits Prodiges by Robert L Folstein
  • The Gilded Beauties of The Second Empire by Frédéric Loliée (1909): Society reprint - Chapter 5

Issue No 14 - December 2000

  • Whittington by Robert L Folstein
  • Meilhac and Halévy; Offenbach's Best-Known Librettists by Geoffrey Wilson
  • The Gilded Beauties of The Second Empire by Frédéric Loliée (1909): Society reprint - Chapter 4

Issue No 13 - September 2000

  • The Orchestrations in Jacques Offenbach's Theater Works by Ralph Fischer
  • Henry Brougham Farnie and Farnie and Offenbach's Whittington by Richard Duployen
  • The Gilded Beauties of The Second Empire by Frédéric Loliée (1909): Society reprint - Chapter 3

Issue No 12 - June 2000

  • Offenbach in English: Le Mariage aux Lanternes; The Grand Duchesse of Helmsley-Stein; The Tales of Hoffmannby Michael Hopf, Robert L Folstein and Carl Ratner
  • The Gilded Beauties of The Second Empire by Frédéric Loliée (1909): Society reprint - Chapter 2

Issue No 11 - April 2000

  • Offenbach and the Barcarolle by Robert L Folstein
  • The Gilded Beauties of The Second Empire by Frédéric Loliée (1909): Society reprint - Chapter 1

Issue No 10 - December 1999

  • Novel Cadenza Written for Orphée aux Enfers by John A Backoff
  • French Opera Posters by Amanda Rowell
  • Jacques Offenbach by William Foster Apthrop

Issue No 9 - August 1999

  • The Tales of Hoffman - A Status Report by Robert L Folstein

Issue No 8 - March 1999

  • Offenbach in Vietnam by Mike Hopf
  • Offenbach: His Life and Work by André Martinet (1887) Society reprint - Part 7
  • On Jacques Offenbach's Childhood by Ralph Fischer - Part 4

Issue No 7 - December 1998

  • Background to the Second Empire and Offenbach's Paris by Colin Hayward
  • On Jacques Offenbach's Childhood by Ralph Fischer - Part 3
  • Offenbach: His Life and Work by André Martinet (1887) Society reprint - Part 6

Issue No 6 - August 1998

  • On Jacques Offenbach's Childhood by Ralph Fischer - Part 2
  • Offenbach: His Life and Work by André Martinet (1887) Society reprint - Part 5

Issue No 5 - March 1998

  • On Jacques Offenbach's Childhood by Ralph Fischer - Part 1
  • Offenbach: His Life and Work by André Martinet (1887) Society reprint - Part 4

Issue No 4 - August 1997

  • Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann Presentation of new critical edition by Fritz Oeser Part 2
  • Offenbach: His Life and Work by André Martinet (1887) Society reprint - Part 3
  • Catalogue of Offenbach's Stage Works (P - Z)

Issue No 3 - May 1997

  • Offenbach Australiera (or Offenbach Down Under) by Mike Hopf - Part 3
  • Offenbach on Disc by Robert L Folstein
  • Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann Presentation of new critical edition by Fritz Oeser Part 1
  • Offenbach: His Life and Work by André Martinet (1887) Society reprint - Part 2
  • Catalogue of Stage Works Part 3

Issue No 2 - February 1997

  • Offenbach: His Life and Work by André Martinet (1887) Society reprint - Part 1
  • Translating Offenbach's Librettists Part 1 of a feature by Richard Duployen
  • Offenbach Australiera (or Offenbach Down Under) by Mike Hopf - Part 2
  • Catalogue of Stage Works Part 2

Issue No 1 - November 1996

  • Offenbach Australiera (or Offenbach Down Under) by Mike Hopf - Part 1
  • Catalogue of Stage Works Part 1