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| Composer | Offenbach, Jacques (1819-1880) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Librettist | Jules Barbier |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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BudapestJonathan Tetelman and Carolina López Moreno: Hits from French and Italian Opera
Verdi, Offenbach, Gounod, Massenet, Ponchielli, Cilea, Puccini
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianluca Marcianò
ParisOctuor
Bach, Bizet, Offenbach, Tchaikovsky
Emmanuelle Bertrand; Musiciens de l'Orchestre national d'Île-de-France
BerlinLes Contes d'HoffmannNew production
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Bertrand de Billy; Lydia Steier; Staatsoper Berlin; Momme Hinrichs; Ursula Kudrna; Olaf Freese; Staatskapelle Berlin
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A feast for eyes and ears: Michieletto’s new ROH Hoffmann
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With gloriously inventive sets and costumes, Alex Esposito’s splendid Four Villains drive a wonderfully entertaining new production.
Mushroom clouds of fantasy: The Tales of Hoffmann in Riga
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A new steampunk staging for Latvian National Opera stays true to the fantastical invention of Hoffmann and Offenbach.
Bernheim heads a powerhouse cast in the Met’s Hoffmann revival
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After a heavily promoted but underwhelming opening night, the company gets the new season back on track with plenty of star power in Offenbach’s final masterpiece.
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ParisLes contes d'Hoffmann (Tales of Hoffmann)
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Philippe Jordan; Robert Carsen; Opéra national de Paris; Michael Levine; Jean Kalman; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
ZurichLes Contes d'Hoffmann
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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Antonino Fogliani; Andreas Homoki; Zurich Opera; Wolfgang Gussmann; Susana Mendoza; Franck Evin; Philharmonia Zürich
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Drunk on love and wine: Jacques Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann
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Elodie Olson-Coons tells the tales of Jacques Offenbach’s inescapably dark opéra fantastique.
Bachtrack top ten: ETA Hoffmann
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Mark and Elisabeth travel to the sinister worlds of singing automata and seven-headed mouse kings to bring you the best works inspired – and composed – by ETA Hoffmann.
Bachtrack top ten: Operatic drinking songs
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Libiamo! Crack open a bottle and settle back to enjoy our editors' pick of opera's jolliest drinking songs!