Robert Planquette

Composer Robert Planquette created operettas that were as successful in London as in Paris, in some cases even more so. He was one of the most celebrated French operetta composers of the late 19th century. Among his works was one in English based on the American tale of Rip Van Winkle (1882). Although stagings and recordings of his work are infrequent, Planquette's music is still known today; the overture to his opéra comique Les cloches de Corneville was included on a 2024 recording of French opera overtures led by conductor Neeme Järvi. A march called Le régiment de Sambre et Muse is performed to this day by the Ohio State University Marching Band during the realization of its script "Ohio" on the football field.