Les contes d'Hoffmann
By: [music by] Offenbach ; libretto, Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after E.T.A. Hoffmann ; director, John Schlesinger ; directed for the screen by Jonathan Haswell
Contributors: Fomina, Sofia, actor, singer; Yoncheva, Sonya, 1981- actor, singer; Lindsey, Kate, actor, singer; Rice, Christine, actor, singer; Grigòlo, Vittorio, 1977- actor, singer; Hampson, Thomas, actor, singer; Pidò, Evelino, conductor; Royal Opera House (London, England). Chorus; Royal Opera House (London, England). Orchestra
Published: 2017
Language: fre
Format: [videorecording] /
Subjects: Drama
Other titles: Contes d'Hoffmann (Television program : 2016)
Description: Presents a filmed opera performance about E.T.A. Hoffmann who arrives in a tavern and is coaxed into relating the stories of the three great loves of his life.
Notes: Opera in 3 acts with prologue and epilogue.

DTS 5.1, anamorphic wide screen 1.78:1.

Sofia Fomina, Sonya Yoncheva, sopranos ; Kate Lindsey, Christine Rice, mezzo-sopranos ; Vittorio Grigolo, tenor ; Thomas Hampson, baritone ; additional soloists ; Royal Opera Chorus ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; Evelino Pidò, conductor.

Filmed for live broadcast to cinemas at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, November 15, 2016.

Not rated.

For private home use only.

Sung in French; optional subtitles in English, French, German, or Italian.