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- Jacques Offenbach
Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) (1881)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
Translation available in English, German, Italian. G. Schirmer controls the rights in the English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin for this work but does not supply orchestral materials.
- 2.2.2.2/4.2.3.0/timp.perc/hp/str; stage band flt, hp, pf
- SATB chorus
- 2S, 3Mz, 7T, 7Bar, B
- 2 hr 17 min
- Libretto by Barbier and Carré. English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin.
- English, French
Programme Note
Cast List:
COUNCILLOR LINDORF: Bass-Baritone
ANDRÈS, a servant: Tenor
LUTHER, an innkeeper: Baritone
NATHANAEL, a student: Tenor
HERMANN, a student: Baritone
NICKLAUSSE, Hoffmann's companion: Mezzo-Soprano
HOFFMANN, a young poet: Tenor
SPALANZANI, an inventor: Tenor
COCHENILLE, a servant: Tenor
COPPÉLIUS, friend of Spalanzani: Bass-Baritone
OLYMPIA, a doll: Soprano
GIULIETTA, a courtesan: Mezzo-Soprano
SCHLEMIL, her protector: Baritone
DAPERTUTTO, a magician: Bass-Baritone
PITICHINACCIO: Tenor
ANTONIA: Soprano
CRESPEL, her father: Bass
FRANTZ, a servant: Tenor
DR. MIRACLE: Bass-Baritone
VOICE OF ANTONIA'S MOTHER: Mezzo-Soprano
Synopsis:
As the evil Councillor Lindorff plots to steal the object of Hoffmann’s affections, Hoffmann is persuaded to recount his sad story of his three love affairs with an automaton, a consumptive prima donna and a treacherous courtesan.
COUNCILLOR LINDORF: Bass-Baritone
ANDRÈS, a servant: Tenor
LUTHER, an innkeeper: Baritone
NATHANAEL, a student: Tenor
HERMANN, a student: Baritone
NICKLAUSSE, Hoffmann's companion: Mezzo-Soprano
HOFFMANN, a young poet: Tenor
SPALANZANI, an inventor: Tenor
COCHENILLE, a servant: Tenor
COPPÉLIUS, friend of Spalanzani: Bass-Baritone
OLYMPIA, a doll: Soprano
GIULIETTA, a courtesan: Mezzo-Soprano
SCHLEMIL, her protector: Baritone
DAPERTUTTO, a magician: Bass-Baritone
PITICHINACCIO: Tenor
ANTONIA: Soprano
CRESPEL, her father: Bass
FRANTZ, a servant: Tenor
DR. MIRACLE: Bass-Baritone
VOICE OF ANTONIA'S MOTHER: Mezzo-Soprano
Synopsis:
As the evil Councillor Lindorff plots to steal the object of Hoffmann’s affections, Hoffmann is persuaded to recount his sad story of his three love affairs with an automaton, a consumptive prima donna and a treacherous courtesan.