The Tales of Hoffmann by Offenbach, Dum 02 Mai 2010, De la (2010/2010), Regizat de către Uwe Schwarz, Dirijor Carlos Spierer, Stadttheater, Giessen, Germany

Stranded on the shores of incessant drinking, the poet Hoffmann grapples with his memories of three beloved women: Olympia broke up because she had no soul; Antonia perished because she chose art over love; Giulietta was a courtesan. And Hoffmann's current girlfriend Stella combines the questionable characters of the three exes. In the end, the poet has to decide: for the bottle, for love or for art? Jacques Offenbach's only opera, based on the fantastic stories of ETA Hoffmann, deals with the artist's confrontation with all too earthly problems that have lost none of their topicality to this day - as does Offenbach's music, which achieved unique popularity in this work in particular.