Description
| Summary: | Legendary conductor Pierre Monteux is at the helm of this opera that is a combination of enticing French music wedded to a sinister German story. With Richard Tucker in the title role, Hoffmann's tales of the women he has loved--Roberta Peters, Risë Stevens, and Lucine Amara--have seldom been told so poetically. The tunes are as beguiling as Hoffman's enchanting loves, but there is always a dark force at work. Martial Singher in a tour de force appears as all four of Hoffmann's nemeses.
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| Item Description: | Duration: 2 hr., 18 min., 43 sec. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 audio file (2 hr., 18 min., 43 sec.)) |
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| Playing Time: | 02:18:43 |
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| Participant or Performer: | Roberta Peters ; Lucine Amara ; Risë Stevens ; Richard Tucker ; Martial Singher ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Pierre Monteux, conductor. |
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| Language: | Sung in French. |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
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| Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Recorded live in 1955 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York. |
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