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Les Contes d'Hoffman
We are made great by love and greater still by our tears.
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Robert Carsen
Writer: Jacques Offenbach
Top Cast
Ramón Vargas
Hoffmann
Stéphanie d'Oustrac
La muse, Nicklausse
Roberto Tagliavini
Lindorf, Coppélius, Dapertutto, Miracle
Yann Beuron
Andrès, Cochenille, Pitichinaccio, Frantz
Nadine Koutcher
Olympia
Kate Aldrich
Giulietta
Ermonela Jaho
Antonia
Doris Soffel
La mère d'Antonia
