Name: Les contes d'Hoffmann
Start: 2024-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Opera House

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Royal Opera House

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Teatro La Fenice

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Stage director

Damiano Michieletto

Set designer

Paolo Fantin

Costume designer

Carla Teti

Lighting designer

Alessandro Carletti

Choreographer

Chiara Vecchi

Conductor

Antonello Manacorda

Singer

Tenor

Juan Diego Flórez

Hoffmann

Leonardo Caimi

Bass-baritone

Alex Esposito

Lindorf

Coppelius

Soprano

Olga Pudova

Olympia

Ermonela Jaho

Antonia

Marina Costa-Jackson

Juliet

Mezzo-soprano

Julie Boulianne

Nicklausse

Dapertutto

Miracle

Christophe Mortagne

Andrès

Cochineal

Frantz

Pitichinaccio

Vincent Ordonneau

Spalanzani

Bass

Alastair Miles

Crespel

Christine Rice

La Muse

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

Jeremy White

Luther

Baritone

Grisha Martirosyan

Herman

Schlemil

Ryan Vaughan Davies

Nathaniel

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Others

Chorus of the Royal Opera House

Chorus master

William Spaulding

French

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

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United Kingdom

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Les contes d'Hoffmann Offenbach

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The Tales of Hoffmann

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Olivier award-winning director Damiano Michieletto (Carmen, Cavalleria rusticana/Pagliacci) returns to The Royal Opera for a new production of Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann. Conductor Antonello Manacorda, with whom Michieletto previously collaborated on Carmen, leads Juan Diego Flórez and Leonardo Caimi, who share the role of the poet E.T.A. Hoffmann, Alex Esposito as the Four Villains, Julie Boulianne as Nicklausse and Ermonela Jaho, Olga Pudova and Marina Costa-Jackson as Hoffmann’s unforgettable trio of lovers.

POPULAR TUNES
Offenbach's best-known musical work may be the 'can-can', but The Tales of Hoffmann has its own fair share of popular tunes, including the lilting Bacarolle. Traditionally sung by Venetian gondoliers, Offenbach's take, ‘Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour’ (Beautiful night, oh night of love), is a duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano, featuring the courtesan, Giulietta, and Hoffmann’s loyal companion, Nicklausse. Olympia’s Song is a dazzling showcase for the soprano voice at its most acrobatic. In the original opera libretto, she is a living doll who runs out of power part-way through her song, and requires ‘winding up’ to resume her performance.

The Tales of Hoffmann by Offenbach, From (2024/2024), Directed by Damiano Michieletto,, Conductor Antonello Manacorda, Royal Opera House, London, United Kingdom

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