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The librettist of Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Jules Barbier (1825-1901), was collaborator with Michel Carré on an earlier theatrical drama. He has received nominations for an International Opera Award 2018, the Austrian Opernregiepreis, the German Faust Theatre Award and the title ‘best director’ by Opernwelt magazine.
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The Tales of Hoffmann (French: Les contes d'Hoffmann) is an opéra fantastique by Jacques Offenbach.The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, who is the protagonist of the story. Écoutez de la musique en streaming sans publicité ou achetez des CDs et MP3 maintenant sur Amazon.fr.
The composer’s operetta background is apparent in the students’ drinking songs in the prologue and epilogue, in the servant’s comic song in Act II, and in Act I’s glittering entr’acte and chorus. Les Contes d'Hoffmann est un film réalisé par Michael Powell et Emeric Pressburger avec Robert Helpmann, Moira Shearer.
Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffman), composed by Jacques Offenbach, is based on three stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann.
Découvrez Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) (arr. ‘Beautiful tone and phrasing, with no problem at all in the high notes and fantastic breath control’. 76 mins. Opera Ends Following his debut at the Münchner Akademietheater ( The German director TOBIAS KRATZER (director) studied art history and philosophy in Munich and Bern, and directing at the Theaterakademie August Everding in Munich. 51 mins. Les Contes d'Hoffmann, un testament en forme de chef-d’œuvre.
Recent DNO productions: LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN, Opéra in five acts by Jacques Offenbach. Prologue & Act I. Tony Award–winning director Bartlett Sher creates a fantastical world of magic and delusion, aspiring romance and thwarted love, hope and deceit. Intermission . This play, Les contes fantastiques d’Hoffmann, is the dramatic piece on which the opera Each of these flashbacks occurs in evocative settings representing a cross-section of European cultures: Paris (Act I), Munich (Act II), and Venice (Act III).
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Les contes d’Hoffmann has been on Dutch National Opera’s wish list for a long time.The title role requires an exceptional tenor, who we have found in the person of John Osborn.This opera provides a rare opportunity to present several leading ladies in one production. His voice seems to have become fuller and richer, and he succeeds in climbing the vocal heights – his home – with even more ease and conviction’. Tenor Matthew Polenzani headlines Offenbach’s fabulously twisted tale in the title role of the poet Hoffmann.
LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN - OFFENBACH Presented on Dec 13, 15, 16 at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin as part of the Dublin Grand Opera Society's Winter Season Frans Vroons - HoffmannJean Mountford - OlympiaBlanche Turner - Giulietta / AntoniaOtakar Kraus - Coppélius / Miracle / Dapertutto / LindorfCatherine Lawson - NicklausseJoseph Flood - Spalanzani / FrantzMartin… 27 mins. A stellar trio of artists—soprano Erin Morley as Olympia, the doll who springs to life; soprano Olga Kulchynska as Antonia/Stella, the matinee-idol diva; and mezzo-soprano Veronica Simeoni as Giulietta, the decadent Venetian—portray Hoffmann’s past loves, with bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni as the four villains. for brass band): Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Barcarolle (arr.