Opera
In the first act, which is really a prologue, Hoffmann, a young poet, enters the tavern of Luther to meet his companions, and drinks to drown his sorrows. They think he is in love, but he answers, all that is past, and tells the story of his three loves.
Ah memory too sweet, image too cruel! Alas at my knees I hear, I see him! She has fled, the dove. She has fled far from thee; She is faithful ever, And she keeps her troth. Belo...
6. Chapter 6Come! Courage and confidence; I become a well of science. I must turn with the wind that blows, To deserve the one I love. I shall know how to find in myself The stuff of a lear...
7. Chapter 7Oh soft night, oh night of love, Smile on our bliss serene, All the stars that shine above Surround the heaven's queen! Time it flies without return, Forgetting our tenderness!...
5. Chapter 5Drig, drig, drig, master Luther, Spark of hades, Drig, drig, drig, for us more beer, For us thy wine, Until morning, Fill my glass, Until morning, Fill our pewter Mugs!
4. Chapter 4Antonia has been told by her father, Crespel, to sing no more. When Hoffmann, who has long loved her, comes, he wonders why, but he soon learns by overhearing a conversation bet...
3. Chapter 3At Venice, in the house of Giulietta, beloved of Schlemil, who takes the arrival of Hoffmann very ungraciously. Hoffmann cares nothing for Giulietta, but she is bribed by Dapert...
2. Chapter 2A physician's drawing room. Spalanzani has invited a large company to witness the accomplishments of his daughter, Olympia. She sings to general applause, and Hoffmann falls des...
1. Chapter 1In the first act, which is really a prologue, Hoffmann, a young poet, enters the tavern of Luther to meet his companions, and drinks to drown his sorrows. They think he is in lo...