Tales of Hoffman | Jacques Offenbach

Tales of Hoffman | Jacques Offenbach

(Les Contes d’Hoffman)
Bartlett Sher / USA, 2009
French version / Czech and English subtitles, 240 min

Tony Award® winner Bartlett Sher (South Pacific) directs this new production, returning after the triumph of his Met Barber of Seville(seen live in HD in the 2006–07 season). Offenbach’s fictionalized take on the life and loves of the German Romantic writer E.T.A. Hoffmann is a fascinating psychological journey. Met Music Director James Levine conducts star tenor Joseph Calleja in the tour-de-force title role, with Anna Netrebko as the tragic Antonia, Kate Lindsey as the ambiguous Nicklausse, and Alan Held as the demonic four villains.

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