Les Contes d'Hoffman
We are made great by love and greater still by our tears.
2017-11-15 | 149 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Ramón VargasHoffmann
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Stéphanie d'OustracLa muse, Nicklausse
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Roberto TagliaviniLindorf, Coppélius, Dapertutto, Miracle
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Yann BeuronAndrès, Cochenille, Pitichinaccio, Frantz
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Nadine KoutcherOlympia
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Kate AldrichGiulietta
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Ermonela JahoAntonia
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Doris SoffelLa mère d'Antonia
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Rodolphe BriandSpalanzani
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Paul GayLuther, Crespel
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