Name: Les contes d'Hoffmann
Start: 2010-03-20T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2010-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Stadttheater

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Odilia Vandercruysse

Stella

Carla Maffioletti

Olympia

Agnieszka Hauzer

Antonia

Henrietta Hugenholtz

Juliet

Mezzo-soprano

Christina Khosrowi

Nicklausse

Katja Boost

Voice of Antonia's mother/The voice from the grave

Tenor

Wolfgang Schwaninger

Hoffmann

Bass-baritone

Johannes Schwärsky

Lindorf

Coppelius

Miracle

Dapertutto

August Schram

Nathaniel

Spalanzani

Bass

Stephan Bootz

Luther

Crespel

Baritone

Matthias Ludwig

Herman

Schlemil

Tomi Wendt

William

Alexander Herzog

Andrès

Cochineal

Frantz

Pitichinaccio

Conductor

Carlos Spierer

Stage director

Uwe Schwarz

Costume designer

Dorit Lievenbrück

Set designer

Lukas Noll

Chorus master

Jan Hoffmann

Stadttheater Giessen

Orchestra

Philharmonisches Orchester Gießen

Others

StatisterieChor und Extrachor des Stadttheater Gießen

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

Giessen

Germany

Stadttheater

Oberes Foyer

Public

The Tales of Hoffmann

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Contralto

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Gestrandet an den Gestaden unentwegten Alkoholkonsums, nimmt der Dichter Hoffmann den Kampf mit seinen Erinnerungen an drei geliebte Frauen auf: Olympia zerbrach, weil sie keine Seele besaß; Antonia ging zugrunde, weil sie die Kunst über die Liebe stellte; Giulietta war eine Kurtisane. Und Hoffmanns derzeitige Freundin Stella vereinigt die fragwürdigen Charaktere der drei Verflossenen in sich. Am Ende muss sich der Dichter entscheiden: Für die Flasche, die Liebe oder doch etwa für die Kunst? Jacques Offenbachs einzige Oper thematisiert  ausgehend von den phantastischen Geschichten E.T.A. Hoffmanns  die Auseinandersetzung des Künstlers mit nur allzu irdischen Problemen, die bis heute nichts an Aktualität verloren haben  wie auch Offenbachs Musik, die besonders in diesem Werk zu einzigartiger Popularität gelangte.

Deutsch

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.

English

The Tales of Hoffmann by Offenbach, Thu 20 May 2010, From (2010/2010), Directed by Uwe Schwarz,, Conductor Carlos Spierer, Stadttheater, Giessen, Germany

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