Talk:The Tales of Hoffmann (film)

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Current title of this article: The Tales of Hoffmann (-mann)

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The Tales of Hoffman (-man) (1951) is a film by the British-based director-writer team of Powell & Pressburger. It is based on the stories of E. T. A. Hoffman (-man), as is the earlier opera Tales of Hoffmann (-mann).

Could we perhaps decide on the spelling (-mann or -man)? I don't like sloppy editing of this sort at all. <KF> 02:54, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)

Definitely Hoffmann [1]. My initial typo got copied. And if I find sloppy editing I usually fix it myself... Jihg 09:39, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:39, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Music play

who played the Music? is it correct, that it was the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London? and conducted by whom? -- 88.65.34.67 (talk) 20:11, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

It played by the RPO and is definitely conducted by Thomas Beecham. In fact, in the link to the Criterion Collection DVD of the opera, there is an essay by Ian Christie in which he states: "The starting point was a proposal by the leading British conductor and impresario Sir Thomas Beecham, who was already a legendary figure in the music world." The music was pre-recorded and the film edited to the music. Viva-Verdi (talk) 20:53, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I'll confirm that. Sir Thomas appears at the end as the conductor of the last few bars. It was also Sir Thomas who first suggested making a film of ToH to P&P. He then auditioned all the singers and conducted the orchestra for the pre-recorded score. Steve Crook (Powell and Pressburger Appreciation Society) (talk) 09:51, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

thank you both very much for the answer - 88.65.246.159 (talk) 20:51, 28 January 2008 (UTC)