Film

Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann

2016 · 2h 15m · Drama · Fantasy

Jacques Offenbach's opéra fantastique live at the Opéra Bastille, Paris on November 15, 2016

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.

Ramón Vargas

Hoffmann

Nadine Koutcher

Olympia

Kate Aldrich

Giulietta

Ermonela Jaho

Antonia

Philippe Jordan

Self - Conductor

• Robert CarsenDirector
• Jules BarbierWriter
• Jacques OffenbachOriginal Music Composer

Release date

November 15, 2016

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

2h 15m

Genres

Drama, Fantasy

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