Movie Description
The Metropolitan Opera: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
(2024)Overview
After a celebrated career as a composer of lighthearted operetta, Jacques Offenbach turned his hand to more serious fare—only to die before his one true opera was completed. That work, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, was based on a play that strung together a collection of stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann and cast the famed poet as the protagonist of his own tales. In this performance from the 2024–25 Live in HD season, French tenor Benjamin Bernheim stars as Hoffmann, four times unlucky in love. Alongside him as the objects of his affections, soprano Erin Morley is the high-flying automaton Olympia, mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine is the Venetian courtesan Giulietta, and soprano Pretty Yende is both the diva Stella and the ill-fated songstress Antonia. Bass-baritone Christian Van Horn portrays the four nefarious Villains who outwit Hoffmann at every turn, and mezzo-soprano Vasilisa Berzhanskaya is Hoffmann’s Muse and his companion Nicklausse, conducted by Marco Armiliato.
Featured Crew
Cast
Hoffmann
Olympia
Antonia / Stella
Giulietta
Lindorf / Coppélius / Dr. Miracle / Dapertutto
Muse / Nicklausse
Andrès / Cochenille / Frantz / Pitichinaccio
Nathanaël / Spalanzani
Luther / Crespel
Hermann / Schlémil
Conductor
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Facts
Original TitleThe Metropolitan Opera: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Status Released
Release Information
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2024-10-05
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 04h 15m
Genres
- Music
