Monday Music: Offenbach's Barcarolle (Anna Netrebko & Elīna Garanča)

Anna Netrebko & Elīna Garanča – Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Barcarolle

(libretto written by Jules Barbier)

A YouTube post from Deutsche Grammophon:
Souvenirs is a collection of short and sparkling pieces that allow Anna to display her amazing voice and temperament - See her sing "Barcarolle" from Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann", which is part of her album "Souvenirs".

  

 

Jaques Offenbach (composer) 

Emmanuel Villaume (conductor) 

Barcarolle 

Anna Netrebko 

Elina Garanca 

Orchestra Prague Philharmonia 

Rudolfinum, Dvorák Hall, Prague, Czech Republic   

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Monday Music: Bacarolle (Offenbach)

"Barcarolle" by Jacques Offenbach performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra at the New Years concert from 2010. The Vienna New Year's concert is always held in the "Großer Saal" (Large Hall) of the Musikverein . Barcarolle is from the opera "The Tales of Hoffmann." The score was used in the movies, "Hotel New Hampshire" and "Life Is Beautiful." (To hear the libretto written by Jules Barbier go here)

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