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His innumerable opéras bouffes scarcely come within the scope of this work, but his posthumous opéra comique, 'Les Contes d'Hoffman , is decidedly more ambitious in scope, and still holds the stage by virtue of its piquant melody and clever musicianship.
"Just listen here's Rossini's 'Barbier de Seville, and Grieg's 'Anitra's Dance' from the 'Peer Gynt Suite, and here's that most entrancing 'Barcarolle' from the 'Contes d'Hoffman' you remember it?" She began to hum the air, then, as the harmony flowed through her soul, sang a few lines, her voice like gold and honey: Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour, souris a nos ivresses!
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