Offenbach Hoffmanns Erzählungen

Reprint of the Choudens Fils, Paris, 1907 edition.
This is the last of nearly 100 operettas created by French composer
Jacques Offenbach, a native of Germany whose works were most prominent
in the latter half of the nineteenth century. His three-act drama Les
Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), which includes a prologue
and epilogue, recounts dramatic stories of passion, murder, and
revenge. Left incomplete at the composer's death, the operetta debuted
in 1881 and remains popular to this day for its many memorable
melodies.