Offenbach - Barcarolle , from ’The Tales of Hoffmann’

Title : Jacques Offenbach , Barcarolle , from ’The Tales of Hoffmann’ From Wikipedia , Les contes d’Hoffmann (in English: The Tales of Hoffmann) is an opera by Jacques Offenbach. It was first performed in Paris, at the Opéra-Comique, on February 10, 1881. The libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by . Hoffmann. . Hoffmann himself is a character in the opera just as he often is in his stories. The stories upon which the opera is based are Der Sandmann,Rath Kresp