Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann

Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann (2016)

Jacques Offenbach's opéra fantastique live at the Opéra Bastille, Paris on November 15, 2016

  • Genre: Drama, Fantasy
  • Release Date: 2016-11-15
  • Runtime: 2h 15min
  • Language: Français
  • Production Company: Opéra National de Paris
  • Director: Robert Carsen

Summary

This adaptation of three tales by E.T.A. Hoffmann, with a sprinkling of Goethe’s Faust, portrays the German poet as both narrator and hero recounting his love affairs with Olympia, Antonia and Giuletta. Robert Carsen’s spectacular production highlights the melancholy genius of a man marked by life, with a coherence and dramatic sense remarkable for a work that leaves numerous questions unanswered. Under the baton of Philippe Jordan, Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Ermonela Jaho, Kate Aldrich, Yann Beuron and Ramón Vargas and Stefano Secco in the main role, interpret the legendary airs of this work whose brilliant mystery will continue to dazzle opera houses for countless years to come.

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  • Ramón Vargas

    as Hoffmann
  • Nadine Koutcher

    as Olympia
  • Kate Aldrich

    as Giulietta
  • Ermonela Jaho

    as Antonia
  • Philippe Jordan

    as Conductor
Sound Philippe Jordan Conductor
Directing Robert Carsen Director
Sound Jacques Offenbach Original Music Composer
Writing Jules Barbier Writer

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