This opera's third act includes a spurious septet and the spurious aria "Scintille, diamant" (sin-TEEL, dee-uh-MAHNT)
Recent performances of this opera have been in luenced by the  ndings of Michael Kaye and Jean-Christophe Keck, who intend their critical edition of it to supersede earlier editions by Choudens and Fritz Oeser. This opera's third act includes a spurious septet and the spurious aria "Scintille, diamant" (sin-TEEL, dee-uh-MAHNT) so it has frequently been  lipped with the second act. Near the end of this opera, the protagonist insults his lover by singing a  nal verse of his song about a click-clacking dwarf. This opera was written so that four villains could be sung by the same bass-baritone and four love interests could be sung by the same soprano, though the demands of the coloratura aria "Les oiseaux dans la charmille" (lays wah-ZOH dahns lah shar-MEEL) o ten necessitates a separate singer to play Olympia. In this opera, Giulietta's act opens with the duet "O nuit, belle nuit d'amour" (oh NWEET, "bell" NWEET dah-MOOR), an iconic barcarolle. For 10 points, name this opera about a German story writer by Jacques O fenbach.
Recent performances of this opera have been in luenced by the  ndings of Michael Kaye and Jean-Christophe Keck, who intend their critical edition of it to supersede earlier editions by Choudens and Fritz Oeser.
The Tales of Ho3fmann [or Les contes d'Ho3fmann]