Jacques Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffman (Les Contes d'Hoffmann): Opera: Libretto

Description Jacques Offenbach: The Tales Of Hoffmann (Vocal Score) Opera in three acts. Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre. Songlist Ah! Vivre Deux! (Offenbach-tales Of Hoffmann) Belle Nuit (Offenbach-tales Of Hoffmann) C'est Une Chanson D'amour (Offenbach) Dans Les Roles D'amoureux (Offenbach) Drig! Drig! (Offenbach-tales Of Hoffmann) Elle A Fui, La Tourterelle (Les Contes D'Hoffman) [Offenbach, Jacques] Glou! Glou! (Offenbach-tales Of Hoffmann) Helas Mon Coeur (Offenbach-tales Of Hoffmann) Il Etait Une Fois (Offenbach-tales Of Hoffmann) Ils Se Sont Eloignes Enfin! (Offenbach) Jour Et Nuit Je Me Mets (Offenbach) Malheureux, Tu Ne Comprends (Offenbach) Non, Aucun Hote (Offenbach-tales Of Hoffmann) Peuh! Cette Biere (Offenbach-tales Of Hoffmann) Pour Conjurer Le Danger (Offenbach) Scintille,Diamant (Offenbach) Voici Les Valseurs (Offenbach-tales Of Hoffmann)

This is the last of nearly 100 operettas created by French composer Jacques Offenbach a native of Germany whose works were most prominent in the latter half of the nineteenth century. His three-act drama Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) which includes a prologue and epilogue recounts dramatic stories of passion murder and revenge. Left incomplete at the composer's death the operetta debuted in 1881 and remains popular to this day for its many memorable melodies.A masterpiece of French Romanticism Les Contes d'Hoffmann embodies Offenbach's wish to transcend the limitations of his popularoperettas and achieve success among the lofty heights of grand Opera. This imaginative score presents an artful blend of fantasy emotion and the supernatural as well as elements of satire and the grotesque. Hoffmann the narrator and protagonist relates three stories to his drinking companions. The tales concern Olympia who is revealed as a mechanical doll; Antonia a gifted vocalist in danger of singing herself to death; and Giulietta a Venetian courtesan who uses a magic mirror to purloin others' reflections. Reproduced from an authoritative score this edition offers musicians and music lovers a modestly priced edition of Offenbach's enduring work.

During a visit to America Offenbach conceived the idea of the large-scale opera that was to be his masterpiece. By 1878 he had completed all three acts of Les Contes d'Hoffmannn in piano score and orchestrated the Prologue butsadly he never lived to see it performed and it was completed and produced by his friend Ernest Guiraud. The opera opens in a Nuremburg tavern to which the scene returns at various points as Hoffmann with his companionNicklausse and his poetic muse tells of a series of amorous adventures with in turn a mechanical doll a Venetian courtesan and a young opera singer. The scheme works sufficiently well to avoid discontinuity though it couldeasily be regarded as a linked set of one-act operas with related themes -- deception betrayal and death. A thread of philosophical melancholy runs through Hoffmann's tales strongly suggesting that Offenbach was a dispiritedand disappointed man who no longer wished to be known only as a purveyor of musical soufflés.This edition of the libretto is in both the original French and in an English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin.

An Operatic Fantasy in Five Acts-The Tales of Hoffmann (Les Contes d'Hoffmann) Libretto based on the play of the same name by Jules Barbier and Michael Carre by Jules Barbier. New critical edition based on original sources by Fritz Oeser. The purpose of the new edition was to discover the intentions of the author through the sources and to make it playable despite its fragmentary quality. Because the long searched-for manuscripts did happily come to light at last this edition is fundamentally different from all others. Moreover it has the smallest number of editorial admixtures. With the exception of Guiraud's additions every bar of the present version is derived from Offenbach. Thequestion of whether this edition was or is necessary is largely the concern of conductors stage-directors and set-designers. If they are interested in keeping a tradition alive then after a hundred years they deserve whatever support musicologY can provide. Vocal score French-English (AE333-02) and French-German (AE333-03) available for sale Critical Report German text (AE333-01) available for sale Full score and performace material (AE333-72) available for hire

Jaques Offenbach unfortunately did not live to see the final production of his exceptionally fine lyric opera Les Contes d'Hoffmann (or Tales Of Hoffmann). This Barcarole occurs in the second episode (Act 4) of the opera and takes place in the Grand Canal in venice. Giulietta a famous beauty is giving a party and signs of love with Nicklausse. For 2 Part Treble Voices small group and Piano.

aus 'Les Contes d’Hoffmann'. Par OFFENBACH JACQUES / RIEM JULIAN (Arr.). This arrangement was written in Offenbach's anniversary year 2019 for the highly acclaimed CD (Sony) of the young star soloist Raphaela Gromes with chamber music for cello, the instrument the composer loved and played like none other. In addition to unknown, sometimes virtuoso, sometimes contemplative new discoveries, the album should not be without the master's hit melody: Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann, which begins with the immortal cello solo. And so Gromes' piano partner Julian Riem created this delightful new version for two cellos and piano especially for this CD. What some people do not know is that the melody actually comes from an earlier work by Offenbach, the romantic opera Les Fées du Rhin, where it is the musical hallmark of the eponymous nature spirits./ Répertoire / 2 Violoncelles et Piano