The Royal Opera
THE TALES OF HOFFMANN
[New Production]
[Captured live November 2024]
Running time: 245 minutes, Two intervals
Sung in French with subtitles Four women: four curious love stories. Juan Diego Flórez leads a fantastic cast in Offenbach’s dream-like opera.
Journeying back to his school days, Hoffmann relives his childhood romance with Olympia, a model student in every sense. Doomed love follows him into adulthood, where the dancer, Antonia, is taken from him too soon. Meanwhile, the sensual courtesan Giulietta has her own secret agenda. As memory and fantasy becomes increasingly blurred, will Hoffmann find the enigmatic Stella before it is too late?
Tickets £17 and £11 for under 18
Licensed bar (card or cash), with wine, beer, soft drinks, tea and coffee, run by the VHC.
Cast:
HOFFMANN Juan Diego Flórez
LINDORF/COPPÉLIUS/DR MIRACLE/DAPERTUTTO Alex Esposito
OLYMPIA Olga Pudova
ANTONIA Ermonela Jaho
GIULIETTA Marina Costa-Jackson
NICKLAUSSE Julie Boulianne
ANDRÈS/COCHENILLE/FRANTZ/PITICHINACCIO Christophe Mortagne
SPALANZANI Vincent Ordonneau
CRESPEL Alastair Miles
MUSE OF POETRY/SPIRIT OF ANTONIA’S MOTHER Christine Rice
LUTHER Jeremy White
HERMANN/SCHLEMIL Grisha Martirosyan
NATHANAEL Ryan Vaughan Davies
ORCHESTRA Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
CONCERT MASTER Sergey Levitin
CHORUS DIRECTOR William Spaulding
CHORUS Royal Opera Chorus
Creatives:
DIRECTOR Damiano Michieletto
CONDUCTOR Antonello Manacorda
MUSIC Jacques Offenbach
LIBRETTO Jules Barbier
SET DESIGNER Paolo Fantin
COSTUME DESIGNER Carla Teti
LIGHTING DESIGNER Alessandro Carletti
CHOREOGRAPHER Chiara Vecchi
