The Tales of Hoffmann – Oper Klosterneuburg

Offenbach’s only opera, a jewel of German melancholy and French esprit, became a world hit.

Hoffmann, poet and epitome of the hapless genius, awaits Stella, the prima donna and his latest sweetheart. Seduced by his muse into a fantasy world, he experiences a true bacchanalia between reality and dream, carried by sensually beguiling sounds: Olympia, the charming, fragile doll, the tender Antonia, who dies from her art and Giulietta, the beautiful, refined courtesan and thief of men’s souls.

Production year 2019
Choir operklosterneuburg Choir
Duration 140 minutes
Orchestra/Band Beethoven Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Christoph Campestrini
Director François de Carpentries
Producer Axis Film in association with operklosterneuburg for ORF III
Soloist Zurab Zurabishvili (Hoffmann, a poet), Margarita Gritskova/Alexandra Yangel (Nicklausse), Daniela Fally (Olympia, a mechanical or an animatronical doll), Eugenia Dushina (Giulietta, a courtesan), Florina Ilie (Antonia, a young girl)