Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Composer: Offenbach, Jacques

Librettist/Text Author: Carre, Michel

Librettist/Text Author: Barbier, Jules

Libretto Source: Hoffmann, Ernest Theodor Amadeus

Conductor: Davin, Patrick

Orchestra: Swiss Romande Orchestra

Chorus: Geneva Grand Theater Chorus

Chorus Master: Wu, Ching-Lien

Chorus: Sofia Orpheus Choir

Chorus Master: Wu, Ching-Lien

Andres: Huchet, Eric

Antonia: Harnisch, Rachel

Cochenille: Huchet, Eric

Coppelius: Cavallier, Nicolas

Crespel: Cachemaille, Gilles

Dapertutto: Cavallier, Nicolas

Frantz: Huchet, Eric

Giulietta: Wesseling, Maria Riccarda

Hermann: Braun, Romaric

Hoffmann: Laho, Marc

La Muse: Doufexis, Stella

La Voix de la mere d'Antonia: Denize, Nadine

Lindorf: Cavallier, Nicolas

Luther: Schirrer, Rene

Miracle: Cavallier, Nicolas

Nathanael: Terziyski, Bisser

Nicklausse: Doufexis, Stella

Olympia: Petibon, Patricia

Pitichinaccio: Huchet, Eric

Schlemil: Deletre, Bernard

Spalanzani: Vas, Francisco

Stella: Beaulieu, Delphine

Set Designer: Weitz, Pierre-Andre

Costume Designer: Weitz, Pierre-Andre

Lighting Designer: Py, Olivier

Stage Director: Py, Olivier

Television Director: Beziat, Philippe

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Date of Production: 10-2008

Venue: Grand Theatre de Geneve, Switzerland

Playing Time: 03:18:29

Catalogue Number: BAC049

UPC: 3760115300491

Synopsis

Les Contes d'Hoffmann

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Offenbach?EUR(TM)s Les Contes d'Hoffmann, staged by Olivier Py. High art at Geneva?EUR(TM)s Grand Théâtre!

Three fables. A man falls in love with a doll, a young woman sings herself to death and a courtesan steals her lovers' reflections. "Three women in the same woman," and the same number of stories told by Hoffmann. A picture of the cursed artist slipping through women's arms into those of his muse, under the treacherous eye of the evil one, the latter also appearing in three diabolical incarnations. Intertwining themes borrowed from the German poet, the libretto fed the composer's fantasies with material both fantastic and fanciful, sustaining his dreams that this work would one day be a triumph at the Opéra Comique. Alas, he was to die before he could see it performed.

Baroque and mystical, carnal yet metaphysical, Olivier Py's theatrical universe comes into its own when highlighting the oddities of this truly singular work.