Staatsoper Hamburg: Les Contes d’Hoffmann

An enchanting, fairytale-like spectacle with Benjamin Bernheim, Olga Peretyatko + Luca Pisaroni.

The poet E.T.A. Hoffmann as the protagonist of his own fantastic tales: In his encounter with three women - Olympia, Antonia, and Giulietta - he searches in vain for love and for himself. Will he draw the strength for art from his failure in life? Or will he fail in himself, even in alcohol? Like in a kaleidoscope, ever new constellations and shimmering colours mix German romanticism and French esprit.

On the 19 + 22 September, EuroArts Music recorded Offenbach’s 'Les Contes d’Hoffmann' at the Staatsoper Hamburg. Stage director Daniele Finzi Pasca brings an enchanting, fairytale-like spectacle to the stage with all the colourful means of theatrical magic. French star tenor Benjamin Bernheim shines in his role debut of Hoffmann: "Benjamin Bernheim's art of orchestrating timbre will continue to cause emotional turmoil for days to come for those who were able to experience this operatic bliss" (Süddeutsche Zeitung).

Accompany us and E.T.A. Hoffmann on a festival of poetry and colours!

Streaming on
arte concert: 3 October 2021
Mezzo: 10 October 2021
DG stage: 11 November 2021

Original title Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
English title The Tales of Hoffmann
Genre Opera
Recording location Staatsoper Hamburg
Recording date 19 + 22 September 2021
Duration approx. 180'
Production Company EuroArts Music
Co-Production Company NHK, Mezzo, ZDF/arte, Deutsche Grammophon
TV Director Henning Kasten
Stage Director Daniele Finzi Pasca
Composer Jacques Offenbach
Orchestra / Band Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Conductor Kent Nagano
Choir Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper
Chorus Master Eberhard Friedrich
Libretto Jules Barbier
Soloist Benjamin Bernheim, Olga Peretyatko, Luca Pisaroni