Barcarolle Barcarolle, also known as Belle nuit, ô nuit damour, is a piece from The Tales of Hoffmann, Jacques Offenbachs final opera. A duet for sopranoand mezzo-soprano, it is considered the most famous barcarolle ever written and described in the Grove Book of Operas as "one...
Offenbach was a keen, highly critical opera composer with an essential aversion to the society in which he lived.In his masterpiece, the seemingly absurd irony and comedy technique does not stop at making people laugh, but extends to deeper anatomy and analysis, and finally concludes with an o...
Offenbach was a keen, highly critical opera composer with an essential aversion to the society in which he lived.In his masterpiece, the seemingly absurd irony and comedy technique does not stop at making people laugh, but extends to deeper anatomy and analysis, and finally concludes with an o...