Talking About "Les contes d'Hoffmann 호프만의 이야기 / Offenbach 오펜바하"
Jaegyum: Hey Jaeyi, guess what story we're reading in music class? "Les contes d'Hoffmann"! It's about this writer, Hoffmann, telling stories about his lost loves.
Jaeyi: Oh yeah! I remember seeing something about it. Was it that opera with the really elaborate costumes? I think I saw a bit about it on that blog we look at sometimes, the one about opera stories... let me see... [Jaeyi pretends to type on a phone] ...ah, here it is! Study53.tistory.com... yeah, it talks about the three main stories he tells.
Jaegyum: Exactly! There's Olympia, the mechanical doll he falls in love with. Imagine thinking a doll was a real person! It sounds kind of funny and sad at the same time.
Jaeyi: And then there's Antonia, the singer who dies because she's not supposed to sing. That's so tragic! It says here [pretends to read] that her mother's ghost appears and encourages her to sing herself to death. Creepy!
Jaegyum: And my favorite one, Giulietta! The one where he falls in love with a Venetian courtesan who steals his reflection. Can you imagine not having a reflection anymore? That's so weird!
Jaeyi: It says here that each woman represents a different aspect of Hoffmann's ideal love, but they all end in disaster for him. Maybe he was looking for something that didn't exist?
Jaegyum: That's what it seems like. It's like he keeps falling for illusions or things that can't last. It makes you wonder about what real love is.
Jaeyi: Definitely! It's a pretty dark story for an opera, don't you think? All that heartbreak and strange stuff happening.
Jaegyum: Yeah, but it's also really interesting! The music is amazing too. Our teacher played us some of the "Barcarolle." It's so beautiful and kind of mysterious, like the stories themselves.
Jaeyi: I'll have to listen to it again. So, mechanical doll, ghostly singer, and reflection-stealing lady... quite a love life Hoffmann had!
Jaegyum: More like a disastrous love life! But a fascinating story nonetheless.
( N.B. 위 콘텐츠는 Google AI Studio 로 제작한 것입니다 )