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Opernhaus Zürich

Dirección orquestal

Dirección orquestal (+2)

Antonino Fogliani

Dirección de escena

Dirección de escena (+2)

Andreas Homoki

Escenografía

Escenografía (+2)

Wolfgang Gussmann

Diseño de vestuario

Diseño de vestuario (+2)

Susana Mendoza

Asistente de decorador

Thomas Bruner

Iluminación

Iluminación (+3)

Franck Evin

Dirección coral

Dirección orquestal (+14)

Janko Kastelic

Dramaturgo

Beate Breidenbach

Tenor (+1)

Saimir Pirgu

Hoffmann

Mezzosoprano (+4)

Marina Viotti

Nicklausse

La Muse

Soprano (+4)

Katrina Galka

Olympia

Soprano (+1)

Adriana González

Antonia

Lauren Fagan

Giulietta

Maria Stella Maurizi

Stella

Bajobarítono (+3)

Andrew Foster-Williams

Lindorf

Copelius

Miracle

Dapertutto

Tenor (+3)

Nathan Haller

Andrés

Cochenille

Frantz

Pitichinaccio

Bajo (+3)

Valeriy Murga

Luther

Tenor

Christopher Willoughby

Nathanael

Maximilian Lawrie

Wolfram

Daniel Norman

Spalanzani

Bajo (+4)

Stanislav Vorobyov

Crespel

Mezzosoprano (+2)

Judith Schmid

La voz de la madre

Orchestra

The Orchester der Oper Zürich

Opernhaus

Chorus

Chor der Oper Zürich

Extras

Statistenverein am Opernhaus Zürich

Barítono (+2)

Steffan Lloyd Owen

Hermann

Bajo (+2)

Lobel Barun

Wilhelm

Bajobarítono (+4)

Samson Setu

Schlemil

Le Capitaine des Sbires

Bajo (+1)

Max Bell

In his final opera, Jacques Offenbach made E.T.A. Hoffmann, the most famous poet of the Romantic period, into his main character. The poet explores the threshold between reality and fantasy in a fascinating way in his magical-surreal tales. The opera masterfully combines operetta, sentimental opéra comique and romantic-fantastic opera. Original melodic inventions merge with gripping drama and, of course, Offenbach’s subtle irony interrupts his main character’s rapturous states.
Hoffmann, the poet, is torn between art and life, love and fantasy, dream and reality. His love for Stella, the singer, remains unrequited, and he takes refuge in alcohol and the world of his imagination. Over the course of a wine-soaked evening, he tells his friends of three fantastical love affairs. Olympia, the immaculate beauty he fell head over heels in love with – only to discover that the woman he so desperately wanted was a doll. Antonia, who was consumed by feverish song and died in Hoffmann’s arms. And Giulietta, the Venetian courtesan, who swore him undying love and seduced him, all with the singular goal of stealing his reflection. Each time, Hoffmann failed – himself, in love, and against his diabolical adversary.
The premiere of this staging by Andreas Homoki took place online in the spring of 2021, due to coronavirus pandemic; this season the production finally bows on stage before an audience. Saimir Pirgu made a convincing debut in the title role, and he returns as Hoffmann in this revival. As at the premiere, Italian conductor Antonino Fogliani is at the podium of the Philharmonia Zürich.

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