The Bouffes-Parisiens Theatre is located on the Monsigny Street, in the 2nd district. It was opened on July 5, 1855 under the direction of Jacques Offenbach with his operetta 'The Two Blind Persons'. On December 29, 1856 a new hall was added to the theatre. The term 'Opera-bouffes' designated a number of Offenbach's works. It is a genre of opera that was developed in Naples in the first half of the 18th Century. It is also known as Commedia in musica or Commedia per musica. This theatre saw the creation of not only Offenbach's masterpieces, but those of Emmanuel Chabrier, Louis Viarney, Claude Terraces, Henri Christiné and playwrights such as Robert de Flers, Albert Willemetz, Sacha Guitry and Henri Bernstein as well. From 1986 to 2007 John Claude Brialy has been director of the theatre.