New version of Les contes d'Hoffmann (The tales of Hoffman) by Jacques Offenbach

"Les contes d'Hoffmann" by Jacques Offenbach is an opéra fantastique composed in 1880. This was Offenbach's final work—he died four months before its premiere with the manuscript in hand. Based on three E. T. A. Hoffmann stories, the opera follows the poet Hoffmann as he recounts his three great loves to students in a tavern. Each tale features a different woman and a sinister nemesis who thwarts romance, blending fantasy, tragedy, and the supernatural into a haunting exploration of love and artistic obsession. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880
Librettist Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901
Librettist Carré, Michel, 1819-1872
Translator Byrne, Charles Alfred, 1848-1909
LoC No. 44023483
Title New version of Les contes d'Hoffmann (The tales of Hoffman)
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tales_of_Hoffmann
Credits Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Ben Beasley and the Online
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 87.7 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
Language French
LoC Class ML: Music: Literature of music
Subject Operas -- Librettos
Subject Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822 -- Drama
Category Text
EBook-No. 15915
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Dec 14, 2020
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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