Julius Hopp

Born in Graz, Empire of Austria, the son of the actor and poet Friedrich Hopp, Lucius became known in the 1860s and 1870s through his adaptations of Jacques Offenbach's operettas, which were mainly performed in the Theater an der Wien, where Hopp was Kapellmeister.

He composed parodies, antics and folk plays and appeared as a translator of French operas and operettas.

In particular Hopp's sparkling adaptations of the operettas of Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) ensured the success of these works on Viennese soil and brought riches to theatre entrepreneurs whereby Hopp, due to his modesty, but not entirely through his own fault,[1] did not enjoy that shower of gold.

[2] Of Hopp's own works - despite their richness of melody - Das Donauweibchen and Morilla were only moderate successes.

[3] The costs of the corpse burial were covered by Leopold Friedrich von Hofmann [de] (1822-1885), General Director of the two Viennese court theatres.