Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Libretto)
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Les Contes d'Hoffman (Libretto)
The libretto for Les Contes d’Hoffman, written in French by Jules Barbier for the opera by Jacques Offenbach. Includes English translation.
- Paperback: 64 pages
- Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc. (November 1, 1986)
- Dimensions: 6.8” W x 0.2” D x 10.5” H
History
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Premiere: Opéra Comique, Paris, 1881. After becoming the toast of Paris with his witty operettas, Jacques Offenbach set out to create a more serious work. He chose as his source a successful play based on the stories of visionary German writer E.T.A. Hoffmann. Three of these tales—at once profound, eerie, and funny—were unified in the play by a narrative frame that made Hoffmann the protagonist of his own stories. Each episode recounts a catastrophic love affair, and throughout the opera, Hoffmann is dogged by a diabolical nemesis and accompanied by his faithful friend Nicklausse.
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