If there was one legend sure to source its fair share of opera, it had to be the tale of Orpheus, the Greek hero who could charm the birds out of the trees with his music. Monteverdi, Telemann, and ...

I first came across Jacques Offenbach's opera Fantasio on German radio about 20 years ago. The recording they were playing was much older still and wasn't authentic in any way. But it was enough to ...

Pianist Aurélien Froissart was playing a public piano inside a bustling train station when a traveler approached to request ...

The Tales of Hoffmann is an opéra fantastique by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, who is the protagonist of the ...

Athens, Ga. – The University of Georgia Opera Theater will present “The Tales of Hoffmann,” Jacques Offenbach’s supernatural tale of unrequited love, in a two-night presentation on Oct. 11 and 13 at 8 ...

Given the continuing popularity of Jacques Offenbach's final opera, nobody is ever sure exactly what might go into any specific performance. Many hands got to work on "Tales of Hoffmann" while ...

When Twin Cities director Scotty Reynolds started presenting imaginative outdoor mashups of opera and pop, one of the first works he offered was Jacques Offenbach’s “The Tales of Hoffmann.” In 2010, ...

The poet E.T.A. Hoffmann is in love with Stella, a renowned opera singer: Lindorf, a rich counsellor, also loves her and has intercepted a note she has written to Hoffmann. Lindorf is confident he ...