Les contes d'Hoffmann
Subtitle: opéra fantastique en trois actes, un prologue et un épilogue
By: de Jacques Offenbach ; livret de Jules Barbier, d'après le drame de Jules Barbier et Michel Carré ; une coproduction Opéra national de Paris, François Roussillon et associés, avec la participation de France 3.
Contributors: Shicoff, Neil; Terfel, Bryn; Mentzer, Susanne; Rancatore, Desirée; Swenson, Ruth Ann; Uria-Monzon, Béatrice; Sénéchal, Michel; López Cobos, Jesús; Carsen, Robert; Levine, Michel; Giraudeau, Philippe; Kalman, Jean; Burton, Ian, 1935-; Opéra Bastille; TDK Mediactive (Firm); Société nationale de programme France-Régions
Publisher: TDK
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Ratingen
Language: fre
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 173
Subjects: Drama; Operas
Notes: Aspect ratio 16:9.

Program notes and synopsis in English in container.

Stage director, Robert Carsen; staging and costumes, Michel Levine; choreography, Philippe Giraudeau; lighting, Jean Kalman; dramaturgy, Ian Burton; directed for TV and video by François Roussillon.

Neil Shicoff (Hoffmann) ; Bryn Terfel (Lindorf/Coppélius/Dr. Miracle/Dapertutto) ; Susanne Mentzer (La Muse/Nicklausse) ; Désirée Rancatore (Olympia) ; Ruth Ann Swenson (Antonia) ; Béatrice Uria-Monzon (Giulietta) ; Michel Sénéchal (Andrès/Cochenille/Frantz/Pitichinaccio) ; supporting soloists ; Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris ; Jésus-Cópez-Cobos, conductor.

Recorded in performance Oct. 4 and 9, 2002, Opéra national de Paris-Bastille.

DVD-9 (disc 1), DVD-5 (disc 2); soundtracks in Dolby digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 and PCM stereo.

Sung in French; subtitles in English, French, Italian and Spanish.