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2020-06-06 08:47:14
A fascinating conundrum - Les contes d'Hoffmann: with its troubled genesis & editorial confusion, Offenbach's final opera seems unique, yet it developed out ideas from the composer's lesser-known late period
[…] single scene and then Carvalho removed it entirely, tacking the 'Barcarolle' onto the Antonia act! This has bedevilled the work ever since. Also, the first Niklausse was evidently not entirely satisfactory, so much of the role was cut and the doubling of Niklausse and the Muse was dropped, thus weakening the opera's raison d'etre. By the early 20th century, the unsatisfactory nature of the piece was apparent and for performances in Monaco the impresario Raoul Gunsbourg commissioned the composer André Bloch to remedy things. So Dapertutto acquired a new solo "Scintille, diamant", based on a tune from the overture to Offenbach's operetta A Journey to the Moon, and the Guilietta act acquired a new conclusion, a Septet based on the 'Barcarolle'. This crystallised in the 1907 Choudens score, and for much of the 20th century you had to perform this version because, if you dropped the Septet then there was […]
2011-12-26 00:29:00
DECEMBER 26 Today in classical music history
[…] The Violin Artistry of Louis Kaufman.1945 Birth of American composer David R. HOLSINGER in Hardin, Missouri. Search David R. HOLSINGER. 1947 Death of French soprano Marguerite Carre. Born 16 Aug 1880 in Cabourg. Debut as Mimi in Boheme (Puccini) 1899 Pupil :- Janine Micheau Created Nina in Cherubin (Massenet) Zina in Vieil Angle (Gunsbourg) Jana in Cobzar (Ferrari) Jacqueline in Fortunio (Messager) Louise in Julien (Charpentier) Sang in premiere of Mariage de Telemaque (Terrasse) […]
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