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Tales of Hoffmann, an opéra fantastique, is the final work of composer Jacques Offenbach, who died four months before its premiere in Paris in 1881. At the time of Offenbach’s death, the opera was…
Contributor:
Jacques Offenbach
Places:
Paris, France
Date:
1880–1881
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[The play opens with a damp, moldy cellar room illuminated by windows splattered in mud from the passersby on the street and a smoky oven. The room is furnished with a bench, table, sofa, crib, broken…
Contributor:
Perets Hirshbeyn
Places:
Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1905