Les contes d’Hoffmann - Barcarolle

The Barcarolle (from Act II in Jacques Offenbach’s opera Les Contes d’Hoffmann). The singers are Agnes Baltsa (“Giulietta“) and Claire Powell (“Nicklausse,“ Hoffmann’s muse). A 1980 performance by The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, cond. Georges Pretre. Act Two After a long search, Hoffmann finds the house where Crespel and his daughter Antonia are hiding. Hoffmann and Antonia loved each other, but were separated when Crespel decided to hide his daughter from Hoffmann. Antonia has inherited her mother’