<i>Tales of Hoffman</i> and <i>Barber of Seville</i>: Opera North’s 2018 Summer Productions

Tales of Hoffman and Barber of Seville: Opera North’s 2018 Summer Productions

Summer (8 hrs. or less) | This course is completed

48 Lebanon Street Hanover, NH 03755 United States

Room 212

New Course

6/29/2018 (one day)

10:00 AM-12:00 PM EDT on Fri

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In this one-time, two-hour presentation we will explore the story, music, historical context, and the composers of two operas: Jacques Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffman and Geoachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. Both will be presented by Opera North this summer at the Lebanon Opera House from August 3rd through August 14th. The Tales of Hoffman (French: Les contes d’Hoffmann) is an opéra fantastique. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, who is the protagonist of the story. It was Offenbach’s final work, as he died a year before the premiere. Geoachino Rossini’s opera The Barber of Seville has proven to be one of the greatest masterpieces of comedy within music, and has been described as the opera buffa of all “opere buffe.” Even after two hundred years, it remains a popular work.

  • There are no required texts or reading packets for this class.

Louis Burkot is the Artistic Director of Opera North and director of the Dartmouth College Glee Club. He was the recipient of the Distinguished Lecturer award at Dartmouth in the spring of 2000. He is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Music, where he has supervised many senior fellowship projects in Music. In addition, he gives master classes in Vocal Repertoire to music schools and conservatories throughout the United States.