Name: Les contes d'Hoffmann
Start: 2022-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía

Organization

Singer

Pretty Yende

Les 4 Héroïnes

Alex Esposito

Les 4 Diables

Tenor

Roger Padullés

Nathaniel

Marcel Beekman

Les 4 Valets

John Osborn

Hoffmann

Soprano

Olympia

Antonia

Juliet

Stella

Mezzo-soprano

Paula Murrihy

Nicklausse

Bass-baritone

Lindorf

Coppelius

Miracle

Dapertutto

Moisés Marín

Spalanzani

Andrès

Cochineal

Frantz

Pitichinaccio

Bass

Tomislav Lavoie

Crespel

Luther

Stage director

Johannes Erath

Conductor

Marc Minkowski

Lighting designer

Fabio Antoci

Costume designer

Gesine Völlm

Set designer

Heike Scheele

Video designer

Alexander Scherpink

Dramaturge

Anne Gerber

Chorus master

Francesc Perales

La Muse

Semperoper Dresden

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia

Others

Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana

Orchestra

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

Choir of the Generalitat Valenciana/ Orchestra of the Valencian Community

Choir of the Generalitat Valenciana

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

Valencia

Spain

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía

Sala Principal

Les contes d'Hoffmann Offenbach

Public

The Tales of Hoffmann

Approved

#LesArts #LesArtsÉsÒperaLes contes d'Hoffmann de Jacques Offenbach. Del 20 al 31 de gener de 2022.https://www.lesarts.com/les-contes-dhoffmann/

Jacques Offenbach wanted to compose an opera before his death based on some tales by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, a writer, musician and one of the foremost exponents of German Romanticism. The work features a libretto by Jules Barbier, who, together with Offenbach's music, create a fascinating polyhedron of souls moving in the romantic play of portraiture and its negative. A multitude of characters in appearance that are essentially reduced to three: the protagonist Hoffmann, his beloved presented in the form of Olympia, Antonia, Giulietta, Stella; and the diabolical antagonist of the poet, embodied by Lindorf, Coppelius, Miracle, and Dapertutto.
The lineup of repertoire expansion under the presence of the first international beats started by Les Arts from 2019 continues with the incorporation of Hoffmann's Tales directed by Marc Minkowski and performed by a stellar cast led by John Osborn, Pretty Yende and Alex Esposito, who make their debut in the Calatrava building. After the splendid Mitridate in concert given by Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre last season, the Parisian master is conducting the orchestra and choir headliners of the theater, according to the critical edition of Les contes d'Hoffmannby Michael Kaye and Jean-Christophe Keck, who is most faithful to the composer's intentions. German stage director Johannes Erath recreates the real and dreamlike experiences that Hoffmann experiences - a writer of our time - as a result of his insecurities, lovelessness and alcohol, in a modern production that generates tension, emotion, and abounds in visually striking moments that stimulate the viewer’s imagination. American tenor John Osborn once again tackles the role of Hoffmann, alongside South African soprano Pretty Yende, who for the first time in her career embodies Hoffmann's four idyllic muses, a vocal feat that in the past they have performed sopranos such as Joan Sutherland, Beverly Sills, Edita Gruberová and Catherine Malfitano.

English

Krediti ta' prestazzjoni (Il-Kast & l-Ekwipaġġ )

Kast

Ekwipaġġ

Ensemble

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