Having left the conservatoire, Offenbach was free from the stern academicism of Cherubini's curriculum, but as the biographer James Harding writes, "he was free, also, to starve."
Setelah keluar dari konservatori, Offenbach bebas dari kurikulum akademis Cherubini yang tegas, tetapi James Harding menulis dalam biografi Offenbach, "ia bebas dan juga kelaparan."