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.

Duration 140 minutes
Choir operklosterneuburg Choir
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)