Admin

Opernhaus Zürich

Direttore d'orchestra

Direttore d'orchestra (+2)

Antonino Fogliani

Regia

Regia (+2)

Andreas Homoki

Scenografia

Scenografia (+2)

Wolfgang Gussmann

Costumi

Costumi (+2)

Susana Mendoza

Assistente scenografo

Thomas Bruner

Luci

Luci (+3)

Franck Evin

Direzione del coro

Direttore d'orchestra (+14)

Janko Kastelic

Drammaturgo

Beate Breidenbach

Tenore (+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

Basso-baritono (+3)

Andrew Foster-Williams

Lindorf

Coppelius

Dottor Miracle

Dapertutto

Tenore (+3)

Nathan Haller

Andrès

Cochenille

Frantz

Pitichinaccio

Basso (+3)

Valeriy Murga

Luther

Tenore

Christopher Willoughby

Nathanael

Maximilian Lawrie

Wolfram

Daniel Norman

Spalanzani

Basso (+4)

Stanislav Vorobyov

Crespel

Mezzosoprano (+2)

Judith Schmid

La voce della madre

Orchestra

The Orchester der Oper Zürich

Opernhaus

Chorus

Chor der Oper Zürich

Extras

Statistenverein am Opernhaus Zürich

Baritono (+2)

Steffan Lloyd Owen

Hermann

Basso (+2)

Lobel Barun

Guglielmo

Basso-baritono (+4)

Samson Setu

Schlemil

Le Capitaine des Sbires

Basso (+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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