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The Metropolitan Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann

The Metropolitan Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann

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📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: French
📆 Date Released: 2024-10-05
⌚ Running Time: 255 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 0.0

Beloved Cast

Benjamin Bernheim original image
Hoffmann
Benjamin Bernheim
Erin Morley original image
Olympia
Erin Morley
Pretty Yende original image
Antonia / Stella
Pretty Yende
Clémentine Margaine original image
Giulietta
Clémentine Margaine
Christian van Horn original image
Lindorf / Coppélius / Dr. Miracle / Dapertutto
Christian van Horn
Vasilisa Berzhanskaya original image
Muse / Nicklausse
Vasilisa Berzhanskaya
Aaron Blake original image
Andrès / Cochenille / Frantz / Pitichinaccio
Aaron Blake
Tony Stevenson original image
Nathanaël / Spalanzani
Tony Stevenson
Bradley Garvin original image
Luther / Crespel
Bradley Garvin
Jeongcheol Cha original image
Hermann / Schlémil
Jeongcheol Cha
Marco Armiliato original image
Conductor
Marco Armiliato

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