Release Date

31 Jan, 2015

Runtime

02:51: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Offenbach's opera in a live performance from The Metropolitan Opera, New York, 31 January 2015

New tenor star Vittorio Grigolo takes on the title role in Offenbach’s fantastical opera, giving a tour-de-force performance as the tortured poet unlucky in love. He is joined by a trio of leading ladies: Erin Morley sings the mechanical doll Olympia, Hibla Gerzmava is the fragile Antonia, and Christine Rice sings Giulietta, the Venetian courtesan. Bartlett Sher’s colorful production, seen here in its second Live in HD presentation, also stars Thomas Hampson as the sinister Four Villains and Kate Lindsey as Niklausse, Hoffmann’s friend and muse. Yves Abel conducts.

Original Title

The Metropolitan Opera: Les Contes d'Hoffmann

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Actors

Vittorio Grigolo

Kate Lindsey

Thomas Hampson

Hibla Gerzmava

Erin Morley

Christine Rice

Tony Stevenson

David Pittsinger

David Crawford

Dennis Petersen

Olesya Petrova

Deborah Voigt

Crew

Jacques Offenbach

Jules Barbier

Bartlett Sher

Barbara Willis Sweete

E. T. A. Hoffmann

Yves Abel

Yves Abel

Michel Carré

James F. Ingalls

Jay David Saks

Jules Barbier

Paul Cremo

David Newell

Mia Bongiovanni