Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Blu-Ray) – John Osborn, Erwin Schrott
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Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Blu-Ray) – John Osborn, Erwin Schrott
Composer: Jacques Offenbach
Artists: John Osborn, Irene Roberts, Nina Minasyan, Christine Rice, Ermonela Jaho, Erwin Schrott, Eva Kroon, Rodolphe Briand, Paul Gay, François Lis, Sunnyboy Dladla, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of Dutch National Opera
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi
Director: Tobias Kratzer
Format: NTSC
Language: French
Subtitles: German, English, French, Korean, Japanese
Region: All Regions
Number of Discs: 1
Studio: C Major
Blu-Ray Release Date: March 27, 2020
Run Time: 165 minutes
The “superb, sinister” Tales of Hoffmann at the Dutch National Opera with “excellent soloists, the impressive John Osborn” (Theaterkrant) and “Christine Rice, a vocally and physically voluptuous Giulietta” (bachtrack.com), mezzo-soprano Irene Roberts, who “plays and sings brilliantly” (Groene Amsterdammer) and “Erwin Schrott, singing the four villains for the first time, made it look like a blast” (bachtrack.com).
“Les Contes d`Hoffmann is a parade of golden voices.” (Volkskrant)
“Maestro Rizzi conducted with elegance and momentum the chorus and the excellent Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.” (Volkskrant)
History
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Premiere: Opéra Comique, Paris, 1881. After becoming the toast of Paris with his witty operettas, Jacques Offenbach set out to create a more serious work. He chose as his source a successful play based on the stories of visionary German writer E.T.A. Hoffmann. Three of these tales—at once profound, eerie, and funny—were unified in the play by a narrative frame that made Hoffmann the protagonist of his own stories. Each episode recounts a catastrophic love affair, and throughout the opera, Hoffmann is dogged by a diabolical nemesis and accompanied by his faithful friend Nicklausse.
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