Les Contes d'Hoffmann

1988Directed by Otto Schenk, Brian Large

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Released: March 2, 1988

About Les Contes d'Hoffmann

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Synopsis

Otto Schenk’s brilliant production captures both the dark romanticism of the story as well as its fairy-tale magic. It is a superb setting for Neil Shicoff’s vivid portrayal of the tortured poet Hoffmann, as he recounts the loves of his life and the way he has been foiled by his nemesis—a marvelous James Morris in a tour-de-force performance of the opera’s four villains. Gwendolyn Bradley is the doll Olympia, Tatiana Troyanos sings the courtesan Giulietta, and Roberta Alexander portrays the innocent Antonia.

Directors: Otto Schenk
Brian Large
Writers: Jules Barbier
E. T. A. Hoffmann

Principal cast

In billing order

Neil ShicoffHoffmann
Susan QuittmeyerNicklausse / Muse
James MorrisLindorf / Coppélius / Dapertutto / Dr. Miracle
Gwendolyn BradleyOlympia
Tatiana TroyanosGiulietta
Roberta AlexanderAntonia

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