Movie

Les Contes d'Hoffman

(en)

We are made great by love and greater still by our tears.

2017

2h29m

Les Contes d'Hoffman

Drama

Comedy

Overview: This adaptation of three tales by E.T.A. Hoffmann, with a sprinkling of Goethe’s Faust, portrays the German poet as both narrator and hero recounting his love affairs with Olympia, Antonia and Giuletta. Robert Carsen’s spectacular production highlights the melancholy genius of a man marked by life, with a coherence and dramatic sense remarkable for a work that leaves numerous questions unanswered. Under the baton of Philippe Jordan, Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Ermonela Jaho, Kate Aldrich, Yann Beuron and Ramón Vargas and Stefano Secco in the main role, interpret the legendary airs of this work whose brilliant mystery will continue to dazzle opera houses for countless years to come.

Status: Released

Release date: November 15, 2017

Countries of origin: France,

Production company:
  • Opéra National de Paris

Top Cast

Ramón Vargas

Ramón Vargas

as Hoffmann

Stéphanie d'Oustrac

Stéphanie d'Oustrac

as La muse, Nickla...

Roberto Tagliavini

Roberto Tagliavini

as Lindorf, Coppél...

Yann Beuron

Yann Beuron

as Andrès, Cocheni...

Nadine Koutcher

Nadine Koutcher

as Olympia