Les Contes d'Hoffman

We are made great by love and greater still by our tears.

2017 2 hours 29 minutes

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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.

Released

15th November 2017

8 years ago

Runtime

2 hours 29 minutes

Finishes at 3:27am

Directed by

Robert Carsen

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Written by

Jacques Offenbach

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