Les contes d'Hoffmann - Barcarolle

[MisterSenseless]

FAIL: The video description is for the Antonia Act, the Baracole is from the tale of Giuiletta.

That being said, Offenbach wrote Act II to be Antonia and III as Giuiletta, though until recently they were always swapped.

[bjnevin]

DeMille would have LOVED this!!

[TheMwagz]

@cdyexhibit there are many different interpretations on where each act should go, as Offenbach was not alive to oversee the production. The Met is doing the Antonia act second, but there are interpretations (such as this) that have the Giulietta act going second.

[cearbhaill]

Every time I hear this bit I think of a particular old friend. I miss her.

[batt2]

Bravissimo!

[fallenlilyrose]

thanks for putting this up, but in the information bit, your describing act II, isn't this from act III?

[ernestlow]

Isn't Baltsa wonderful? Such a pity that so few of her performances are captured on DVD :(

[arpeggio1358]

@ernestlow Baltsa is simply brilliant in this.

[Qing1942]

act 2 and act 3 some times are exchanged. I had both in Met.

[gonzalordm]

Ciertamente el mejor Cuentos de Hoffmann... los cantantes estàn estupendos, Plàcido es el Hoffmann de la historia y la producciòn es fantàstica!

[dimakauffman]

the best "contes" EVER

[lucyliesinashes]

Aww, what a classic production!

[TheNamesOfAllThings]

this is great, but just so you know the description is act 3, not 2. this is act 3 and it takes place with guilietta in a brothel

[emeacero]

Es cierto, es el inicio del Acto III, cuando Gulietta canta en el Palacio mirando hacia el canal.

[thegasworks]

Great stuff!!

[CHMATOSO2]

Bravo! Bravo!

I applaud you.

[DorulCalator]

Beautiful!!!

[arayamusic]

My God! this staging is a Watteau painting come to life...

[methaphisic]

Yes quite!!!! I love it so much!!!!!!!!!=")

[anaiasgi]

Gracias por la traducción!!

[tucuatacha]

bravo...!!!

[eskapulita]

Una traducción libre sería más o menos así : "Bella noche, oh, noche de amor, sonríe a nuestras embriagueces, noche más dulce que el día, oh, bella noche de amor. El tiempo huye y sin retorno se lleva nuestras ternuras , lejos de esta dichosa estadía, el tiempo huye sin retorno. Céfiros abrazados, verted sobre nosotros vuestras caricias, Céfiros abrazados, dadnos vuestros besos."

[l0ndres74]

Please does anybody know where i can get the partition for this song ( Piano ) ,Please ?

[Sarcaa]

nice and clasic. i like it very much.

[chairez118]

Hola, me encanta este fragmento de ópera. No sé si alguno de ustedes tenga la letra en español. Hello, i really love this opera, some of you has the lyric in spanish.

[yesyoga]

This is so beautiful; I would like to buy this video. Is it for sale anywhere?!

[baraba91]

ill send it to u if u like

::)))

[levkek]

you can buy it, it is from Covent Garden with Domingo.

[patologia11]

wow! es bellisimos todo! como para perderse un momento en ese mundo.

[simmojag]

Where did this performance take place & when .

Very greatful for feedback !

[coy6642126]

this is a moving painting.. gorgeous!

[GameGuru1000]

is that a woman or a countertenor?

[raffadizzle]

mezzo. there's one of elina garanca and anna netrebko performing this on youtube. it's gorgeous

[flashrobbie]

Probably one of the most beautifully surreal things I've ever seen, beautiful and sad because it's an illusion.

[aldejalis]

Me encanta... muchas gracias!!

[stylian65]

What a beautiful melody...

[tojohndillonesq]

Is this video available commercially?

[Gipsymom]

My favorite scene of my favorite opera.First time I saw this,I was blown away and I never tire of watching it.This is the most decadent,sensual,breathtaking opera performance I've seen! Baltsa may not be beautiful, but she displays fire and sex appeal in this role. The main characters were well cast, and the villains simply exude evil.Olympia is incredibly believable as portrayed by Luciana Serra.

Maria Bjornson was outstanding with the costumes, makeup was great and the sets were fabulous.

[cobrafarmer]

This Act is often mistakenly performed as Act II. The composer intended it as Act III, though, where it works much better in every way.

[asisecanta]

The original idea, in fact, is that Olympia (act I) represents the surreal love, Antonia (act II) the true love of a middle-aged man and Giulietta (act III) the pure sexual love of an old man with a woman much younger than him.

[AnotherGoddess]

I saw this movie when it first came out. This is the only scene that I remember. I remembered the boat being enormous and tons of black netting flowing behind it.

[tonnyytonnyy]

the London Opera house accusticaly does magic for the singers, please post the Diamond aria, the Ab is amazing, and those rich low notes.

[carveido]

Those extras are having fun.

[latraviata1853]

Your plot summary is for the wrong act - in this production, Act III was put in Act II's place - not that it matters at all.

[Hasselhoffhater]

So could you post the end of the first act?

[Hasselhoffhater]

So is Nicklausse soposed to be a guy?

[teresasanders77]

yup it's a pants roll

[Hasselhoffhater]

Oh okay then.

[EnYgEnY]

magnifico!!

[ReddJinx]

This is Act III, not Act II. This is where the muse (disguised as Hoffman's best friend Nicklausse) comes to see Giulietta the courtesan.

[teresasanders77]

no actually this is the very first piece in Act II, I have the score right in front of me.

[novakTeddyLOVA]

weres act 1?

[EiraMaja]

Beautiful!!!

[chevrox]

what a lavish production! the singing, on the other hand, lacks chemistry.

[bobsquadteam]

what is the name of the mezzo?

[hetoimasai]

Claire Powell

[NataliaDiBartolo]

Here I learned how to sing the "Barcarolle"! Then, in France, where I have also studied, It wad said OK! And French are not tender with strangers singing their music.

[luxcretia2]

OMG, so I can`t hear much

[D9l3tt]

Sorry but isn't this from Act III?

[D9l3tt]

Sorry, I guess they can put the acts in any order - isn't that the big controversy?

[ontologix]

There should not be a controversy since JO could not complete the opera. The first performance in Paris 1881 had only the Olympia and the Antonia act.

There are two common ways of naming the sequence of the scenes:

a) act I - V

b) a prelude, act I - III, and an epilogue

I personally prefer b)

Usually the order of the acts is: Olympia, Antonia, Giulietta.

I prefer the order: Olympia, Giulietta, Antonia; but this is rarely done.

[KatherineXIX]

Actually, that's done pretty often.

[ontologix]

Pretty often, in this instance, means one in four or less, according to my personal observation. Of all the nine productions I saw in 2007 Europe-wide, none did the Olympia-Giulietta-Antonia sequence.

[KatherineXIX]

On my recording it's in this order, and if I ever direct it, I'll do the same!

[dietergrosse]

wow amzing scenario wardrove, and of course performance!! where an when was it ??

[murdock1983]

1980 performance by The Royal Opera, Covent Garden London

[dietergrosse]

lol, yes i read it in the vid desciption right after i sent the comment, but thx so much anyway and thx a gain for sharing it!! Great video.

[elavellaneda]

Xinselamente abraiante