Les Contes d'Hoffmann
0.0 / 10
0 minutes
1988-03-02
French
US
Actors :
Neil Shicoff, Susan Quittmeyer, James Morris, Gwendolyn Bradley, Tatiana Troyanos, Roberta Alexander, Pauline Andrey, Anthony Laciura, Spiro Malas, Mark Baker, Andrea Velis, Morley Meredith, John Macurdy, Gweneth Bean, David Bernard
Description
Otto Schenk’s brilliant production captures both the dark romanticism of the story as well as its fairy-tale magic. It is a superb setting for Neil Shicoff’s vivid portrayal of the tortured poet Hoffmann, as he recounts the loves of his life and the way he has been foiled by his nemesis—a marvelous James Morris in a tour-de-force performance of the opera’s four villains. Gwendolyn Bradley is the doll Olympia, Tatiana Troyanos sings the courtesan Giulietta, and Roberta Alexander portrays the innocent Antonia.