The Metropolitan Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann (2024)
4h 15m
Running Time
October 5, 2024
Release Date

The Metropolitan Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann (2024)
4h 15m
Running Time
October 5, 2024
Release Date
Plot.
After a celebrated career as a composer of lighthearted operetta, Jacques Offenbach turned his hand to more serious fare—only to die before his one true opera was completed. That work, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, was based on a play that strung together a collection of stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann and cast the famed poet as the protagonist of his own tales. In this performance from the 2024–25 Live in HD season, French tenor Benjamin Bernheim stars as Hoffmann, four times unlucky in love. Alongside him as the objects of his affections, soprano Erin Morley is the high-flying automaton Olympia, mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine is the Venetian courtesan Giulietta, and soprano Pretty Yende is both the diva Stella and the ill-fated songstress Antonia. Bass-baritone Christian Van Horn portrays the four nefarious Villains who outwit Hoffmann at every turn, and mezzo-soprano Vasilisa Berzhanskaya is Hoffmann’s Muse and his companion Nicklausse, conducted by Marco Armiliato.
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Cast & Crew.

Benjamin Bernheim
Hoffmann

Erin Morley
Olympia

Pretty Yende
Antonia / Stella

Clémentine Margaine
Giulietta

Christian van Horn
Lindorf / Coppélius / Dr. Miracle / Dapertutto

Vasilisa Berzhanskaya
Muse / Nicklausse

Aaron Blake
Andrès / Cochenille / Frantz / Pitichinaccio

Tony Stevenson
Nathanaël / Spalanzani
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Details.
Release Date
October 5, 2024
Original Name
The Metropolitan Opera: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Status
Released
Running Time
4h 15m
Genres
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