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West Bay Opera’s 45th Season (2000-2001)
Les contes d’Hoffmann
(Tales of Hoffmann)
Music by Jacques Offenbach
libretto by Jules Barbier
from the play of the same name by Barbier and Michel Carré
based on the stories Der Sandmann, Rath Krespel, and Die Abenteuer der Silvester-Nacht, and others by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, and on his life
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first performed February 10, 1880, at the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique, Paris
first performed by West Bay Opera February 13, 1959

Six Performances
Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto
(in French with English titles)
Friday, May 25, 2001 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, May 26, 2001 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, May 27, 2001 at 2:00 PM
Friday, June 1, 2001 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, June 2, 2001 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, June 3, 2001 at 2:00 PM

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