Name: Les contes d'Hoffmann
Start: 2023-07-11T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Sydney Opera House

Organization

Stage director

Damiano Michieletto

Set designer

Paulo Fantin

Costume designer

Carla Teti

Lighting designer

Alessandro Carletti

Singer

Tenor

Iván Guillermo Ayón Rivas

Hoffmann

Soprano

Jessica Pratt

Olympia

Antonia

Juliet

Stella

Bass-baritone

Marko Mimica

Lindorf

Coppelius

Miracle

Dapertutto

Bass

David Parkin

Crespel

Baritone

Luke Gabbedy

Herman

Richard Anderson

Luther

Tomas Dalton

Nathaniel

Mezzo-soprano

Agnes Sarkis

Nicklausse

Sian Sharp

La Muse

Jennifer Black

Voice of Antonia's mother/The voice from the grave

Schlemil

Iain Henderson

Spalanzani

Conductor

Guillaume Tourniaire

Adam Player

Andrès

Cochineal

Frantz

Pitichinaccio

Opera Australia

Anthony Mackey

La Harpe

Choreographer

Chiara Vecchi

Video designer

Vandal

Magic and Illusions

James Galea

Adam Mada

Translator

Andy Morton

Opéra de Lyon

Teatro La Fenice

Royal Opera House

Others

Opera Australia Chorus

Orchestra

Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

French

Les contes d'Hoffmann -  (The Tales of Hoffmann)

Sydney City

Australia

Sydney Opera House

Joan Sutherland Theatre

Les contes d'Hoffmann Offenbach

Public

Private

The Tales of Hoffmann

English

Approved

Four intoxicating parts. One superstar soprano. Homegrown superstar Jessica Pratt returns to Australia to perform in Offenbach’s last and greatest work.Hoffm...

Four intoxicating parts. One superstar soprano. Homegrown superstar Jessica Pratt returns to Australia to perform in Offenbach’s last and greatest work.

Hoffmann is tipsy and in the mood for storytelling. He’ll tell you of his four great loves: a wind-up doll, an innocent singer, a cruel courtesan … and the woman who combines them all. But who is his mysterious muse? And the evil shadow that dogs his every move?

This is The Tales of Hoffmann: Offenbach’s last and greatest work. It’s an intoxicating mix of emotion and dazzling music, including the famous, fiendishly difficult Doll Song.

Soprano Jessica Pratt returns to Australia to sing all the female leads. It’s a rare soprano who can sing these roles and bring you deep into Offenbach’s emotional world. Pratt follows in the footsteps of Joan Sutherland and a handful of other stars who can pull it off.

“Pratt… (sings) all the female roles… with dramatic truth and with a vocal mastery worthy of the greatest” (ConcertoNet).

Iván Ayón Rivas sings the title character and Marko Mimica sings the four villains.

Celebrated director Damiano Michieletto (Il Viaggio a Reims) creates a brand new production of this beloved opera. Elaborate sets depicting Hoffmann’s three worlds are designed and built by our team in Australia before travelling to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Andrea Battistoni conducts.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Co-Producer