Les Contes d'Hoffman (2017)

Comedy Drama

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.

Updated Dec 26 2018

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FACTS

Runtime: 149 mins Rating: 0.0 Tag Line: We are made great by love and greater still by our tears.

Cast

Doris Soffel

La mère d'Antonia

Paul Gay

Luther, Crespel

Ramón Vargas

Hoffmann

Kate Aldrich

Giulietta

Roberto Tagliavini

Lindorf, Coppélius, Dapertutto, Miracle

Yann Beuron

Andrès, Cochenille, Pitichinaccio, Frantz

François Lis

Schlemil

Ermonela Jaho

Antonia