The Metropolitan Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann

4h 15min

Music

After a celebrated career as a composer of lighthearted operetta, Jacques Offenbach turned his hand to more serious fare—only to die before his one true opera was completed. That work, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, was based on a play that strung together a collection of stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann and cast the famed poet as the protagonist of his own tales. In this performance from the 2024–25 Live in HD season, French tenor Benjamin Bernheim stars as Hoffmann, four times unlucky in love. Alongside him as the objects of his affections, soprano Erin Morley is the high-flying automaton Olympia, mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine is the Venetian courtesan Giulietta, and soprano Pretty Yende is both the diva Stella and the ill-fated songstress Antonia. Bass-baritone Christian Van Horn portrays the four nefarious Villains who outwit Hoffmann at every turn, and mezzo-soprano Vasilisa Berzhanskaya is Hoffmann’s Muse and his companion Nicklausse, conducted by Marco Armiliato.

Cast

Pretty Yende

Pretty Yende

Antonia / Stella
Christian van Horn

Christian van Horn

Lindorf / Coppélius / Dr. Miracle / Dapertutto
Vasilisa Berzhanskaya

Vasilisa Berzhanskaya

Muse / Nicklausse
Aaron Blake

Aaron Blake

Andrès / Cochenille / Frantz / Pitichinaccio
Tony Stevenson

Tony Stevenson

Nathanaël / Spalanzani
Bradley Garvin

Bradley Garvin

Luther / Crespel
Jeongcheol Cha

Jeongcheol Cha

Hermann / Schlémil

Release date

5th Oct 2024

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Français