FTP, name this opera about "an artist, a young girl, and a courtesan," as well as the German author of "The Sandman", by Jacques Offenbach.
An 1887 fire at the Paris Opera-Comique destroyed the composer's remaining notes for this opera, as its composer only finished the prologue and first act before his 1880 death, leaving Ernest Guirard's orchestration as the only definitive version. The play's protagonist has no easy time either: his current love, Stella, runs away with Lindorf, while his first love, Olympia, has her head smashed in with a hammer. FTP, name this opera about "an artist, a young girl, and a courtesan," as well as the German author of "The Sandman", by Jacques Offenbach.
An 1887 fire at the Paris Opera-Comique destroyed the composer's remaining notes for this opera, as its composer only finished the prologue and first act before his 1880 death, leaving Ernest Guirard's orchestration as the only definitive version.
{Tales of Hoffmann} (or {Les Contes d'Hoffmann})