Les Contes d’Hoffmann

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Les Contes d’Hoffmann is an opera by Jacques Offenbach that intertwines three fantastical tales from the life of the poet E.T.A. Hoffmann into a single, dramatic narrative.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera ⓘ
act Antonia act ⓘ
Epilogue in Luther’s tavern ⓘ
Giulietta act ⓘ
Olympia act ⓘ
Prologue in Luther’s tavern ⓘ
antagonist Coppélius ⓘ
Dapertutto ⓘ
Dr. Miracle ⓘ
Lindorf ⓘ
basedOn play Les Contes fantastiques d’Hoffmann ⓘ
works of E. T. A. Hoffmann ⓘ
linked to: E. T. A. Hoffmann
catalogueNumber Offenbach’s last opera ⓘ
composer Jacques Offenbach ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1881-02-10 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Opéra-Comique, Paris ⓘ
linked to: Opéra-Comique
genre opéra fantastique ⓘ
language French ⓘ
laterEditors Ernest Guiraud ⓘ
librettist Jules Barbier ⓘ
mainCharacter Antonia ⓘ
Giulietta ⓘ
Hoffmann ⓘ
linked to: E. T. A. Hoffmann

Nicklausse ⓘ
Olympia ⓘ
notableAria Barcarolle – Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour ⓘ
linked to: Barcarolle

Elle a fui, la tourterelle ⓘ
Les oiseaux dans la charmille ⓘ
notableNumber Kleinzach ballad ⓘ
originalTheatre Salle Favart, Opéra-Comique ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
premiereCity Paris ⓘ
setting Munich ⓘ
Nuremberg ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Venice ⓘ
statusAtComposerDeath left incomplete ⓘ
structure prologue and three acts plus epilogue ⓘ
subjectMatter three love affairs of Hoffmann ⓘ
theme conflict between art and love ⓘ
illusion versus reality ⓘ
the artist’s inspiration through suffering ⓘ
voiceTypeOfRole Antonia – lyric soprano ⓘ
Giulietta – dramatic soprano or mezzo-soprano ⓘ
Hoffmann – tenor ⓘ
Lindorf and associated villains – baritone or bass-baritone ⓘ
Nicklausse – mezzo-soprano ⓘ
Olympia – coloratura soprano ⓘ

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Salle Favart → hasPremiere → Les Contes d’Hoffmann ⓘ
Opéra-Comique → premieredWork → Les Contes d’Hoffmann ⓘ
subject linked to: Opéra-Comique, Paris, France
Hoffmann → appearsIn → Les Contes d'Hoffmann ⓘ
linked to: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Hoffmann → appearsIn → The Tales of Hoffmann ⓘ
linked to: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Hoffmann → firstPerformanceWork → Les Contes d'Hoffmann ⓘ
linked to: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Michael Powell → notableWork → The Tales of Hoffmann ⓘ
linked to: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Christopher Challis → notableWork → The Tales of Hoffmann ⓘ
linked to: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Christopher Challis → workedOn → The Tales of Hoffmann ⓘ
linked to: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Jacques Offenbach → notableWork → Les Contes d'Hoffmann ⓘ
subject linked to: Offenbach
linked to: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Pamela Brown → notableWork → The Tales of Hoffmann ⓘ
linked to: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Darko Tresnjak → directed → The Tales of Hoffmann ⓘ
linked to: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Emeric Pressburger → notableWork → The Tales of Hoffmann ⓘ
linked to: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Jacques Offenbach → notableWork → Les Contes d'Hoffmann ⓘ
linked to: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Sir Robert Helpmann → notableWork → The Tales of Hoffmann ⓘ
linked to: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Lindorf → appearsIn → The Tales of Hoffmann ⓘ
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Lindorf → appearsIn → Les Contes d’Hoffmann ⓘ
Nicklausse → appearsIn → Les Contes d’Hoffmann ⓘ
Nicklausse → appearsIn → The Tales of Hoffmann ⓘ
linked to: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Nicklausse → fictionalUniverse → The Tales of Hoffmann universe ⓘ
linked to: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Nicklausse → workTitleLanguage → Les Contes d’Hoffmann (French) ⓘ
linked to: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Jules Barbier → notableWork → Les Contes d’Hoffmann (libretto) ⓘ
linked to: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Michael Latham Powell → notableWork → The Tales of Hoffmann ⓘ
linked to: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
The Archers → produced → The Tales of Hoffmann ⓘ
linked to: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Moira Shearer → notableWork → The Tales of Hoffmann ⓘ
linked to: Les Contes d’Hoffmann