Download or read book The Real Tales of Hoffmann written by Michael Kaye and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2017 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giroud and Kaye tell the full story of The Tales of Hoffman for the first time. After discussing the work's influences and history, the book details sources for the opera, including the complete Barbier and Carre play. The annotated libretto is published in full, with the variants, and essays explain the enduring evolution of the opera.