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Vittorio Grigolo

Hoffmann

Leonardo Capalbo

Soprano

Sofia Fomina

Olympia

Christine Rice

Juliet

Sonya Yoncheva

Antonia

Mezzo-soprano

Kate Lindsey

Nicklausse

Christophe Mortagne

Spalanzani

Bass

Eric Halfvarson

Crespel

Vincent Ordonneau

Les 4 Valets

Catherine Carby

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

David Junghoon Kim

Nathaniel

Baritone

Charles Rice

Herman

Yuriy Yurchuk

Schlemil

Jeremy White

Luther

Conductor

Evelino Pidò

Stage director

John Schlesinger

Costume designer

Maria Bjørnson

Set designer

William Dudley

Olga Sabadoch

Stella

Thomas Hampson

Les 4 Diables

Lighting designer

David Hersey

Choreographer

Eleanor Fazan

Chorus master

William Spaulding

Stage combat master

William Hobbs

Revival Director

Daniel Dooner

Revival Fight Director

Simon Johns

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Fraincis

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

London

United Kingdom

Les Contes D'Hoffmann by J. Offenbach, from The Royal Opera House, 2016. Directed by John Schlesinger, conductor Evelino Pidò, starring Sonya Yoncheva, Kate Lindsey, Thomas Hampson, Vittorio Grigolo, Christine Rice, Eric Halfvarson, Sofia Fomina, Vincent Ordonneau and Christophe Mortagne. Performed in French and subtitled in English, German, French and Italian.

The great storyteller Hoffmann is losing himself to drink. His rival in love, Councillor Lindorf, claims that Hoffmann knows nothing of the heart, and so goads Hoffmann into telling the tales of his three great loves – each destroyed by a villain who bears an uncanny resemblance to Lindorf…

First Hoffmann tells of his infatuation for the mechanical doll, Olympia – who is destroyed by the inventor Coppélius. Next comes the courtesan Giulietta, who throws over his adoration in favour of jewels from the magician Dappertutto. Finally, the gentle Antonia is forced to sing to her death by the wicked Doctor Miracle. His stories finished, Hoffmann rouses from his drunken stupor to find Lindorf has made off with Stella, Hoffmann’s latest love – but the Muse compels him to transform his heartache into art.

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