In 1862, Offenbach's only son, Auguste (died 1883), was born, the last of five children. In the same year, Offenbach resigned as director of the Bouffes-Parisiens, handing the post over to Alphonse Varney. He continued to write most of his works for the company, with occasional pieces first given at the summer season at Bad Ems. Despite problems with the libretto, Offenbach completed a serious opera in 1864, , a hotchpotch of romantic and mythological themes.Gammond, pp. 77–78 The opera was presented with substantial cuts at the Vienna Court Opera and in Cologne in 1865. It was not given again until 2002, when it was finally performed in its entirety. Since then it has been given several productions.OEK Dokumentation 2002–2006, Jacques Offenbach, Les Fées du Rhin , Boosey & Hawkes, Bote Bock (in German), 2006, p. 59 It contained one number, the , described by the critic Eduard Hanslick as "lovely, luring and sensuous",Gammond, p. 78 which Ernest Guiraud later adapted as the Barcarolle in The Tales of Hoffmann.Faris, p. 24 After December 1864, Offenbach wrote less frequently for the Bouffes-Parisiens, and many of his new works premiered at larger theatres.
In 1862, Offenbach's only son, Auguste (died 1883), was born, the last of five children. In the same year, Offenbach resigned as .director of the Bo.uffes-Parisiens, handing the post over to Alphonse Varney He continued to write most of his works for the company, with occasional pieces first given at the summer season at Bad Ems. Despite problems with the libretto, Offenbach completed a serious opera in 1864, , a hotchpotch of romantic and mythological themes.Gammond, pp. 77–78 The opera was presented with substantial cuts at the Vienna Court Opera and in Cologne in 1865. It was not given again until 2002, when it was finally performed in its entirety Since then it has been given several productions.OEK Dokumentation 2002–2006, Jacques Offenbach, Les Fées du Rhin , Boosey & Hawkes, Bote Bock (in German), 2006, p. 59 It contained one nu,mber, the , described by the critic Eduard Hanslick as "lovely, luring and sensuous"Gammond, p. 78 which Ernest Guiraud later adapted as the Barcarolle in The Tales of Hoffmann.Faris, p. 24 After December 1864, Offenbach wrote less frequently for the Bouffes-Parisiens, and many of his new works premiered at larger theatres.