Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ịlaghachi n'ụlọ oriri na nkwari ndị a maara nke ọma na Paris, Offenbach ji nwayọọ nwayọọ gbanwee ọrụ ya site n'ịbụ onye na-akụ egwú cello nke na-agụkwa egwú gaa n'ịbụ onye na-agụ egwú nke na-akụ egwú cello. O bipụtalarị ọtụtụ ihe, ụfọdụ n'ime ha na-erekwa nke ọma, mana ugbu a ọ malitere ide, na-eme ma na-emepụta egwu egwu dị ka akụkụ nke ngosi ngosi ya. O mere ka ndị ọbịa 200 nke Comtesse de Vaux nwee obi ụtọ site na parody nke Félicien David "Le désert" nke na-ewu ewu ugbu a, na Eprel 1846 nyere egwu egwu nke a na-eme ihe nkiri asaa nke ihe odide ya n'ihu ndị na-ege ntị gụnyere ndị nkatọ egwu egwu. Mgbe ụfọdụ agbamume na ụfọdụ nwa oge setbacks, o yiri ka ọ nọ n'ọnụ ụzọ nke na-agbasa n'ime ihe nkiri mejupụtara mgbe Paris e convulsed site
Mgbanwe nke 1848, nke mere ka Louis Philippe si n'ocheeze ahụ pụọ ma mee ka a kwafuo ọbara dị ukwuu n'okporo ámá nke isi obodo ahụ. Offenbach kpọọrọ Hérminie na nwa ha nwanyị a mụrụ ọhụrụ ngwa ngwa sonyere ezinụlọ ya na Cologne. O chere na ọ ga-abụ ihe amamihe dị na ya iji aha ahụ bụ́ Jekọb mee ihe ruo nwa oge.