This composer began his career as a  cellist at the Opéra Comique before gaining a reputation as a virtuoso soloist, performing with the likes of Frederic Von Flotow and Franz Liszt.
This composer began his career as a  cellist at the Opéra Comique before gaining a reputation as a virtuoso soloist, performing with the likes of Frederic Von Flotow and Franz Liszt. Manuel Rosenthal revived interest in this composer in the 1930's by arranging his music into the ballet Gaîté Parisienne. 1864 would see the first performed product of the collaboration between this composer and the librettists Meilhac and Halévy, La Belle Hélène. But this composer is best known for an operetta that contains a dance originally titled Galop Infernale and an opera that sees the title character fall in love with the singer Antonia and the automaton, Olympia and features a famous Barcarolle. For 10 points, who is this French composer of Orphée aux Enfers, with its famous Can-Can, and The Tales of Hoffmann?   
This composer began his career as a  cellist at the Opéra Comique before gaining a reputation as a virtuoso soloist, performing with the likes of Frederic Von Flotow and Franz Liszt.
Jacques {Offenbach}