Fantasy And Reality - The Opera "the Tales Of Hoffmann" Image Building And The Main Aria Of The Heroine In Three

Jacques Offenbach (born Cologne in Germany; 20 June 1819– 5 October 1880) was a German-born French composer ,he was one of the most influential composers of popular music in Europe in the 19th century, and many of his works remain in the repertory. It is Offenbach's one fully operatic masterpiece, Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), composed at the end of his career。The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre , based on three short stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann. The stories upon which the opera is based are Der Sandmann, Rath Krespel, and Das verlorene Spiegelbild.The whole Paper is proceeded as the theoretical literature一Praetiee一rising to theoretical level to analyze and dissertate,including five Parts: introducetion ,three analysis section and conclusion. The introduetion will briefly state the motivation behind this research and the aim,focus,and possibly extension of this paper. The next section will introduce the biography of Offenbach and the background of this composing , As well as introduce to the source of the stories and the summary of"The Tales of Hoffmann";the most important is to analyze the dramatic and music images of three chief actress,Olympia,Antonia and Giulietta;as well as to analyze the main aria.