Les Contes d'Hoffman (2017)
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.
Director: Robert Carsen
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Ramón Vargas as Hoffmann |
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Stéphanie d'Oustrac as La muse, Nicklausse |
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Roberto Tagliavini as Lindorf, Coppélius, Dapertutto, Miracle |
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Yann Beuron as Andrès, Cochenille, Pitichinaccio, Frantz |
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Nadine Koutcher as Olympia |
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Kate Aldrich as Giulietta |
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Ermonela Jaho as Antonia |
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Doris Soffel as La mère d'Antonia |
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Rodolphe Briand as Spalanzani |
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Cyrille Lovighi as Nathanaël |
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Cyrille Lovighi as Nathanaël |
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Paul Gay as Luther, Crespel |
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Laurent Laberdesque as Hermann |
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François Lis as Schlemil |
| Directing | Robert Carsen | Director |
| Writing | Jacques Offenbach | Writer |