Overview
This adaptation of three tales by E.T.A. Hoffmann, with a sprinkling of Goethe鈥檚 Faust, portrays the German poet as both narrator and hero recounting his love affairs with Olympia, Antonia and Giuletta. Robert Carsen鈥檚 spectacular production highlights the melancholy genius of a man marked by life, with a coherence and dramatic sense remarkable for a work that leaves numerous questions unanswered. Under the baton of Philippe Jordan, St茅phanie d鈥橭ustrac, Ermonela Jaho, Kate Aldrich, Yann Beuron and Ram贸n Vargas and Stefano Secco in the main role, interpret the legendary airs of this work whose brilliant mystery will continue to dazzle opera houses for countless years to come.
DirectorRobert Carsen
WritersJacques Offenbach
Top Casts
Ram贸n Vargas
Hoffmann
St茅phanie d'Oustrac
La muse, Nicklausse
Roberto Tagliavini
Lindorf, Copp茅lius, Dapertutto, Miracle
Yann Beuron
Andr猫s, Cochenille, Pitichinaccio, Frantz
Nadine Koutcher
Olympia
Kate Aldrich
Giulietta
Ermonela Jaho
Antonia
Doris Soffel
La m猫re d'Antonia
Rodolphe Briand
Spalanzani
Cyrille Lovighi
Nathana毛l
Details
Production companiesOp茅ra National de Paris
TaglineWe are made great by love and greater still by our tears.
