1) Opera by Jacques Offenbach 
[opera] Pépito is a one act opéra comique of 1853 with music by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto is by Léon Battu and Jules Moinaux, inspired by an 1825 vaudeville by Scribe. ==Performance history== Offenbach was director of music at the Comédie Française in the early 1850s, but desperate to gain recognition as a stage composer. ...