Organization

Conductor

James Levine

Singer

Carol Vaness

Olympia

Plácido Domingo

Hoffmann

Alan Held

4 Villians

The Metropolitan Opera

French

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

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Plácido Domingo has left his indelible stamp on scores of roles during his remarkable career—but his performance of the romantic poet Hoffmann is one of his greatest achievements. It’s a fiendishly daunting role—high, heroic, and long. But Domingo’s honeyed, sumptuous tenor makes it sound easy. Carol Vaness portrays all four of the women who break Hoffmann’s heart, and Alan Held is his eternal nemesis. James Levine underscores Offenbach’s marvelous combination of Gallic sparkle and dark German romanticism.

The Tales of Hoffmann (adaptation) by Offenbach, From (1993/1993), Conductor James Levine, Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, United States

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