Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880)
Author of Les Contes d'Hoffman [audio recording]
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Works by Jacques Offenbach
Les Contes d'Hoffmann [programme book] 21 copies
Orpheus in the Underworld [score] — Composer — 7 copies
La Belle Hélène [programme book] 5 copies
Barbe-Bleue [programme book] 4 copies
La vie parisienne [programme book] 4 copies
Les Brigands [libretto] 3 copies
Orphée aux Enfers [programme book] 3 copies
Borodin : Prince Igor : Polovtsian dances + Offenbach : Orpheus in the Underworld : Galop + Ravel : Bolero + Strauss : Schatz Waltz [sound recording] — Composer — 3 copies
R.S.V.P. (RSVP) or A Musicale at Mr. Cauliflower's: Adaptation and Translation by Dino Yannopoulos (1951) 3 copies
Orpheus in the Underworld {excerpts} + Parisian Gaiety + Voyage to the Moon [sound recording] (1994) 3 copies
Les brigands [programme book] 2 copies
Adam : Giselle + Offenbach : Gaîté Parisienne + Strauss : Graduation Ball [sound recording] (2001) — Composer — 2 copies
Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne / Khachaturian: Gayne Ballet Suite. Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops Orchestra (1959) 2 copies
La Belle Hélène [vocal score] 2 copies
Orpheus in the Underworld : Overture [sound recording] — Composer — 2 copies
Geneviève de Brabant : opera bouffe en trois actes et neuf tableaux [sound recording} (1867) 2 copies
L'Avant-scène Opéra : Offenbach : Orphée aux enfers [libretto + commentary] (1998) — Composer — 2 copies
Offenbach : Beautiful Helen {excerpts} + Orpheus in the Underworld {excerpts} + Parisian life {excerpts} [sound recording] — Composer — 2 copies
Soprano in Red 2 copies
Le Voyage Dans la L 2 copies
Croquefer (French Edition) 1 copy
Orphée aux Enfers 1 copy
Ouvertüren Overtures 1 copy
Pomme d'Api 1 copy
Madame Favart 1 copy
Coscoletto ou Le Lazzarone 1 copy
Los cuentos de Hofmann. 1 copy
Des contes d'Hoffmann. 1 copy
Les contes d'Hoffman 1 copy
Offenbach's Songs from the Great Operettas, Complete Original Music for 38 Songs from 14 Operettas By Jacques Offenbach (1976) 1 copy
Das Madchen von Elizondo 1 copy
Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne 1 copy
Arias and Overtures 1 copy
Coup De Foudre 1 copy
Offenbach - La Périchole 1 copy
Sir Thomas Beecham conducts Offenbach, The Tales of Hoffman (Turnabout/Vox Historical Series) 1 copy
The tales of Hoffmann [us] 1 copy
Les contes d'Hoffmann [us] 1 copy
Les contes d'Hoffmann [eu] 1 copy
Les contes d'Hoffmann [ho] 1 copy
Berlioz : Ouverture Le Carnaval romain + Mendelssohn : Hebrides overture, Op.26 + Offenbach : Orpheus in the Underworld : Overture + Respighi : Pini di Roma + Suppe : Ouverture… — Composer — 1 copy
Rock Bottom 1 copy
La Périchole [score] 1 copy
Les Fées du Rhin Volume I 1 copy
Les Fées du Rhin Volume II 1 copy
Offenbach Melodies 1 copy
Zimmers Vals 1 copy
En Fusion [clear] 1 copy
Et donem la nota 15 1 copy
Mahler : The song of the earth : Farewell + Offenbach : la belle helene {end} [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Brahms : Academic festival overture, Op.8 + Offenbach : Orpheus in the Underworld : Overture + Tchaikovsky : Serenade for Strings, Op.48 + [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Offenbach: Bouffes Parisiens / Richard Rodgers: Oklahoma, The King and I, South Pacific, Carousel 1 copy
Traversion 1 copy
LSC 1990 Arthur Fiedler - Offenbach In America - 1960 RCA Victor Living Stereo shaded dog 1S, 1S vinyl LP. (1960) 1 copy
never too tender 1 copy
Bulldozer [clear] 1 copy
Caricatures [clear] 1 copy
La Fille du tambour-major 1 copy
Offenbach - Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Guingal, Machado, Gorny, Goeldner, Opera de Bilbao (2007) 1 copy
Offenbach - Les Contes d'Hoffmann/Kraus, Hendricks, Welting, Ghiuselev, Omilian, Eggerton, Guingal, Parma (2013) 1 copy
Offenbach : The Tales Of Hoffmann : Barcarolle + Rachmaninoff : Piano Concerto no.2in C minor : I. Moderato + Schubert : Symphony no.8 in B minor, D 759 'Unfinished' + Sibelius :… — Composer — 1 copy
Cinema Classics Vol. 11 1 copy
Les Contes D'Hoffmann [DVD] 1 copy
Le Fifre Enchanté 1 copy
Offenbach : Beautiful Helen : Overture + Bluebeard : Overture + The Grand Duchesse of Gerolstein : Overture + Orpheus in the Underworld : Overture + Tales from Hoffmann :… — Composer — 1 copy
Pomme d'api ; Monsieur Choufleuri restera chez lui le-- ; Mesdames de la halle [sound recording] 1 copy
La Fille Du Tambour-Major: Opera Comique in Three Acts and Four Tableaux - Primary Source Edition (2014) 1 copy
Gaite parisienne [excerpts] 1 copy
Offenbach : Beautiful Helen : Overture + Orpheus in the Underworld : Overture + Parisian Gaiety + Tales Of Hoffmann Overture [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Offenbach : Orpheus in the Underworld {1858, 2 acts} [video recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Offenbach : Gaîté parisienne + Rachmaninov : Symphonic dances + Smetana : The bartered bride : Polka/Furiant/Comedians [sound recording] {1960/1963… (1960) — Composer — 1 copy
Operetta in Hi-Fi. 1 copy
La Princesse de Trébizonde 1 copy
French Overtures 1 copy
Overtures [sound recording] 1 copy
Querschnitt 1 copy
Offenbach - Orpheus in the Underworld / Davin, Badea, Vidal, Theatre de la Monnaie Brussels (2002) 1 copy
American Eagle Waltz 1 copy
Orphee aux enfers 1 copy
Associated Works
Great British Orchestras: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Volume 2 [sound recording] — Composer — 3 copies
Offenbach: Arias and Overtures - Frederica von Stade — Composer — 3 copies
Philharmonia Promanade Concert [sound recording] — Composer — 3 copies
Intermezzo: La Traviata - Cavalleria Rusticana - Thaïs - Suor Angelica - Pagliacci - Manon Lescaut - Khovanshchina - Notre Dame - Fedora [sound recording] — Composer — 2 copies
Opera Favourites — Composer — 2 copies
Janine Micheau: Operatic Recital [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2004) — Composer — 1 copy
Berlioz + Bizet + Chopin + Debussy + Dinicu + Dvořák + Khatchaturian + Mussorgsky + Offenbach + Rimsky-Korsakov : Scheherazade + Shostakovich {sound recording}… — Composer — 1 copy
Can Can: Berühmte Tänze & Ballettszenen [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Offenbach, Jacques
- Birthdate
- 1819-06-20
- Date of death
- 1880-10-05
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- composer
- Relationships
- Brindejont-Offenbach, Jacques (nephew)
- Nationality
- Deutschland (Geburt)
Frankreich - Birthplace
- Cologne, Germany
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Associated Place (for map)
- Cologne, Germany
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Reviews
As a caveat - This is my favorite opera and I own the Fritz Oeser critical edition of the score ... where the acts are in their PROPER ORDER. Don't get me started on how Hoffmann is supposed to fall in love with Antonia after he has lost his soul in the previous act. Clearly, losing one's soul should be the last thing, psychologically and dramatically speaking, that should happen to someone. Also, falling for a "courtesan" after swearing off love entirely is the last of a long line of show more credulous stupidities one titular character should be permitted. So don't get me started.
This recording is just fine, although the Nathanael (tenor) has rather a machine-gun vibrato. The different facets of Stella are sung by different sopranos, all of whom do fine. I cut my teeth on Beverly Sills doing all three and may still have that on LP. It's what Offenbach intended. He also apparently intended Hoffmann to be sung by a baritone. Ooo, I would like to hear that some time. Not quite as much as I'd like to hear the opera in the PROPER ORDER, but I do love baritones. I almost jumped through the tv during a Met broadcast when Papageno couldn't get anyone to agree to love him. Good thing I wasn't in the audience that night.
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This recording is just fine, although the Nathanael (tenor) has rather a machine-gun vibrato. The different facets of Stella are sung by different sopranos, all of whom do fine. I cut my teeth on Beverly Sills doing all three and may still have that on LP. It's what Offenbach intended. He also apparently intended Hoffmann to be sung by a baritone. Ooo, I would like to hear that some time. Not quite as much as I'd like to hear the opera in the PROPER ORDER, but I do love baritones. I almost jumped through the tv during a Met broadcast when Papageno couldn't get anyone to agree to love him. Good thing I wasn't in the audience that night.
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In a crowded field, this may just be my favourite opera. Exquisite, heartbreaking, cheeky, beautifully scored. Hoffmann forever!
The tales of Hoffmann : an operatic fantasy in five acts = Les contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach
I acquired this at Patelson's in NY, which is now sadly, sadly closed. Inside it promised further documentation in "A REPORT" - which I was never able to find and may not have been published, because I found evidence online that others have been searching for it in vain. Oh well. There are some loose supplements included (pp 401 - 432) containing the aria of Coppelius and the Prose Dialogues that are listed in the contents, but not bound. They are all mine and you can't have them.
No, I show more can't read music - at least not fluently - but I can follow familiar material. I bought this at a time when I had directed "Jesus Christ Superstar" (a real eye-roller for me) and had pretensions to direct more. Having met my lifetime goal to play Winifred in "Once Upon a Mattress" (with Garry Moore as the King, by the way) too soon, I thought directing "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" might be achievable but something to look forward to over the long haul. Oops. Forgot to keep my nose on that grindstone. show less
No, I show more can't read music - at least not fluently - but I can follow familiar material. I bought this at a time when I had directed "Jesus Christ Superstar" (a real eye-roller for me) and had pretensions to direct more. Having met my lifetime goal to play Winifred in "Once Upon a Mattress" (with Garry Moore as the King, by the way) too soon, I thought directing "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" might be achievable but something to look forward to over the long haul. Oops. Forgot to keep my nose on that grindstone. show less
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