Blu-Ray:
Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Offenbach
Daniele Finzi Pasca brings an enchanting, fairy-tale-like version of Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” to the stage.
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? Stage director Daniele Finzi Pasca brings an enchanting, fairy-tale-like spectacle to the stage with all the colourful means of theatrical magic.
"A tenor star lesson for the history books." (Concerti)
English title The Tales of Hoffmann by Offenbach
Genre Opera
Production year 2021
Duration 180 mins
Video format 1080i full HD
Audio format PCM Stereo, DTS Master Audio HD
Distribution DVD EuroArts Music International GmbH
Composer Jacques Offenbach
Original title of music work Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Stage Director Daniele Finzi Pasca
Sets Hugo Gargiulo
Costumes Giovanna Buzzi
Orchestra / Band Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Conductor Kent Nagano
Choir Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper
Chorus Master Eberhard Friedrich
Main Actor Benjamin Bernheim (tenor), Olga Peretyatko (soprano), Luca Pisaroni (bass-baritone)
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