The Metropolitan Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2024-10-05
Runtime: 255 mins
Director: Bartlett Sher
Writer: Jules Barbier
Spoken language: Français
Genres: Music
Original title: The Metropolitan Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann
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Cast
Benjamin Bernheim
Erin Morley
Pretty Yende
Clémentine Margaine
Christian van Horn
Vasilisa Berzhanskaya
Aaron Blake
Tony Stevenson
Bradley Garvin
Jeongcheol Cha
Marco Armiliato
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