. The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records . s to relate his three love proposal is greeted with enthusiasm, and asHoffman begins by saying The name of my first wasOlympia, the curtain falls. When it rises, the firsttale of Hoffman is seen in actual performance. ACT ISCENE—A Physicians Room, richly furnishedSpalanzani, a wealthy man with a mania forautomatons, has perfected a marvelous mechanicalfigure of a young girl which he calls Olympia, pre-tending it is h
. The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records . s to relate his three love proposal is greeted with enthusiasm, and asHoffman begins by saying The name of my first wasOlympia, the curtain falls. When it rises, the firsttale of Hoffman is seen in actual performance. ACT ISCENE—A Physicians Room, richly furnishedSpalanzani, a wealthy man with a mania forautomatons, has perfected a marvelous mechanicalfigure of a young girl which he calls Olympia, pre-tending it is his daughter. Hoffman and Nicholas callupon him, and during Spalanzani s absence, Hoffmandiscovers Olympia, and falls in love at sight. Unableto take his eyes from the doll-like perfection of thefigure, he expresses his infatuation in a beautiful air. Cestelle fTisShe!) By Charles Dalmores, Tenor (In French) 87089 10-inch, $ Nicholas tries in vain to prevent his friend frommaking a fool of himself, but Hoffman, owing to the ft,, m T *|H H^Mnr ~^^^k K GARRISON AS THE DOLL * Double-FacedRecord—Seepage 476. 473 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA—TALES OF HOFFMAN. HE VENETIAN SCENE AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA magic glasses Spalanzani has induced him to wear, sees only a lovely woman instead of anautomaton. Olympia is presented to the guests, who marvel at her accomplishments, althoughshe preserves a fixed immobility of countenance and her gestures are decidedly , with the magic spectacles he has been beguiled into purchasing from the rascallySpalanzani, Hoffman can see nothing wrong with the lady, who, on being wound up, can movestiffly, and speak a few words. She can sing, too—sing most charmingly—and the poet com-pletely loses his heart. This graceful waltz, sung by the doll, is an exceedingly brilliant num-ber. In the cadenza an amusing bit of by-play occurs when the clockwork runs down andthe voice begins to fail. The winding-up is quickly attended to, and t
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