When Jacques Offenbach began writing The Tales of Hoffmann, in 1877, he hoped the opera would boost his reputation to a whole new level. It did exactly that — but unfortunately, the composer never ...
Opera in Williamsburg presents: The Tales of Hoffmann by Offenbach, with English subtitles. Opera in Williamsburg presents: The Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach. A beautiful fantasy of the ...
What: Jacques Offenbach’s “The Tales of Hoffmann,” part of the 2014-15 “Met Opera: Live in HD” broadcast season Where: The Finkel Auditorium at the Colorado Mountain College Breckenridge campus, 107 ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “The Tales of Hoffmann” stands out as one of the most unusual and intriguing works in all of opera. For his final masterpiece, which remained unfinished at ...
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The Tales of 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 ...
Director Bartlett Sher achieves the distinction of having not one or two but three shows playing at Lincoln Center this season. In addition to his longrunning Broadway revival of “South Pacific,” the ...
Star tenor Juan Diego Florez takes to the stage as visionary writer ETA Hoffman in Jacques Offenbach's fantastical odyssey at the Salle Garnier in Monte Carlo. Jacques Offenbach died before the ...