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The missing manuscript : the story of the Tales of Hoffmann, by Jacques Offenbach / Gérald Caillat, director ; Idéale Audience, ARTE France, INA.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. Contes d'Hoffmann.
- Offenbach, Jacques.
- Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880--Criticism and interpretation.
- Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
- Contes d'Hoffmann (Offenbach, Jacques).
- Operas.
- Manuscripts--France.
- Manuscripts.
- Manuscripts--Certification.
- France.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Internet videos.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (53 min.)) : sound, color
- Other Title:
- Story of the Tales of Hoffmann
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Idéale Audience : ARTE France : INA, [2004]
- Language Note:
- In English and French, the French with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- digital
- video file
- Summary:
- The Tales of Hoffmann (Les Contes d'Hoffmann) was first performed on February 10, 1881, at Paris's Opéra Comique. Offenbach had labored over his great work for almost a decade, but died on October 5, 1880, just months before its première. Over the years, the score would be unscrupulously modified, cut, transformed, and would vanish and reappear several times, at several different spots around the globe. This musical mystery recounts the history of the missing manuscript showing the roles of all involved: score owners, music publishers, eminent musicologists, opera directors, conductors, stage directors, etc, from Paris to New York via Hamburg and Burgundy. Excerpts from the most beautiful productions of The Tales of Hoffmann as well as historical archive material are intercut with the interviews.
- Notes:
- Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Contains:
- Container of: Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. Contes d'Hoffmann. Selections
- OCLC:
- 956370479
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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