Name: Les contes d'Hoffmann
Start: 2014-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2014-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatro Real

Organization

Singer

Tenor

Gerardo López

Nathaniel

Graham Valentine

Spalanzani

Baritone

Isaac Galán

Schlemil

Conductor

Sylvain Cambreling

Stage director

Christoph Marthaler

Set designer

Anna Viebrock

Costume designer

Chorus master

Andrés Máspero

Mezzo-soprano

Anne Sofie von Otter

Nicklausse

Bass-baritone

Vito Priante

Lindorf

Coppelius

Miracle

Dapertutto

Christoph Homberger

Andrès

Cochineal

Frantz

Pitichinaccio

Bass

Jean-Philippe Lafont

Luther

Crespel

Eric Cutler

Hoffmann

Jean-Noël Briend

Soprano

Ana Durlovski

Olympia

Measha Brueggergosman

Antonia

Ainhoa Arteta

Juliet

Lani Poulson

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

Altea Garrido

Stella

La Muse

Tomeu Bibiloni

Herman

Teatro Real de Madrid

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

Madrid

Spain

Teatro Real

In this new version of Les contes d’Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach, Nicklausse, the muse and alter ego of Hoffmann, sings at the end of the opera: “On est grand par l’amour, mais plus grand par les pleurs” (Love makes us great, but weeping makes us greater still). This is a motif by who was considered “the ever-entertaining Offenbach”, however the composer’s artistic concept is linked to the Romantic movement from Victor Hugo via Berlioz to Thomas Mann, where art and inspiration develop from the suffering and melancholy of human life. This makes Offenbach’s only full-length opera a unique creation where art triumphs over the pain of love.

Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Offenbach from Teatro Real - Madrid, performed at Teatro Real, 2014. Directed by Christoph Marthaler, conductor Sylvain Cambreling. Starring Eric Cutler (Hoffmann), Anne Sofie Von Otter (The Muse, Nicklausse), Vito Privent (Lindorf, Coppelius, Dr. Miracle, Dapertutto), Christoph Homberger (Andrès, Cochineal, Frantz, Pitichinaccio), Ana Durlovski (Olympia), Measha Brueggergosman (Antonia, Giulietta), Altea Garrido (Stella), Lani Poulson (The Mother of Antonia), Jean-Philippe Lafont (Master Luther, Crespel), Gerardo Lopez (Nathanael), Graham Valentine (Spalanzani), Tomeu Bibiloni (Hermann). Performance Language French and Subtitled in German and English.

Les contes d'Hoffmann Offenbach

Public

The Tales of Hoffmann

Approved

Production booklet

Further reading