| Description |
3 audio discs (172 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
025200 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Opera in 5 acts. |
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Libretto by Jules Barbier, based on the play by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. |
| Performer |
Natalie Dessay (Olympia) ; Leontina Vaduva (Antonia) ; Sumi Jo (Giulietta) ; Juanita Lascarro (Stella) ; Catherine Dubosc (La muse/Nicklausse) ; Doris Lamprecht (La voix de la tombe) ; Roberto Alagna (Hoffmann) ; Gilles Ragon (Andrès/Cochenille/Frantz/Pitichinaccio) ; Gabriel Bacquier (Crespel) ; José van Dam (Lindorf/Coppelius/Dr. Miracle/Dapertutto) ; supporting soloists ; Chœur de l'Opéra national de Lyon ; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Lyon ; Kent Nagano, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 1994 September-October, 1995 August-September, and 1996 February Opéra de Lyon. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Program notes by Michael Kaye and synopsis in English with French and German translations, and libretto with English and German translations (364 pages : facsimiles, portraits) inserted in container. |
| Language |
Sung in French. |
| Subject |
Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822 -- Drama.
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Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
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Operas -- Librettos.
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Operas -- Librettos. |
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Operas.
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Operas.
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Librettos.
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Librettos.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901, librettist.
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Carré, Michel, 1819-1872, librettist.
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Kaye, Michael, 1948- editor, writer of added commentary.
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Dessay, Natalie, 1965- singer.
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Vaduva, Leontina, 1964- singer.
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Jo, Sumi, singer.
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Lascarro, Juanita, singer.
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Dubosc, Catherine, singer.
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Lamprecht, Doris, singer.
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Alagna, Roberto, singer.
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Ragon, Gilles, singer.
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Bacquier, Gabriel, singer.
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Dam, José van, singer.
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Nagano, Kent, 1951- conductor.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
Contes d'Hoffmann (Play)
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Container of (work): Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
Contes d'Hoffmann.
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Container of (work): Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
Contes d'Hoffmann (Libretto)
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Container of (expression): Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
Contes d'Hoffmann (Libretto). English.
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Container of (expression): Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
Contes d'Hoffmann (Libretto). German.
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Opéra de Lyon. Chœur, singer.
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Opéra de Lyon. Orchestre, instrumentalist.
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| Added Title |
Tales of Hoffmann |
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Hoffmanns Erzählungen |
| Standard No. |
706301433027 |
| Music No. |
0630-14330-2 Erato |
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