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The Metropolitan Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann (2015) [N/A]

Release Date:
January 31, 2015

Original Title:
The Metropolitan Opera: Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Alternate Titles:
Great Performances at the Met: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
The Met: Live in HD - Les Contes d’Hoffmann

Genres:
Fantasy | Music

Production Companies:
The Metropolitan Opera

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 171

Offenbach's opera in a live performance from The Metropolitan Opera, New York, 31 January 2015

Overview from TheMovieDB

New tenor star Vittorio Grigolo takes on the title role in Offenbach’s fantastical opera, giving a tour-de-force performance as the tortured poet unlucky in love. He is joined by a trio of leading ladies: Erin Morley sings the mechanical doll Olympia, Hibla Gerzmava is the fragile Antonia, and Christine Rice sings Giulietta, the Venetian courtesan. Bartlett Sher’s colorful production, seen here in its second Live in HD presentation, also stars Thomas Hampson as the sinister Four Villains and Kate Lindsey as Niklausse, Hoffmann’s friend and muse. Yves Abel conducts.

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Production

Assistant Costume Designer:
David Newell

Choreographer:
Duo Duo Huang

Conductor:
Yves Abel

Costume Designer:
Catherine Zuber

Director:
Bartlett Sher
Barbara Willis Sweete

Dramaturgy:
Paul Cremo

Executive Producer:
Peter Gelb

Lighting Design:
James F. Ingalls

Makeup Artist:
Matiki Anoff

Music Director:
Yves Abel

Music Producer:
Jay David Saks

Original Music Composer:
Jacques Offenbach

Original Story:
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Michel Carré
Jules Barbier

Producer:
Louisa Briccetti
Victoria Warivonchik

Production Design:
Bartlett Sher

Set Designer:
Michael Yeargan

Sound Supervisor:
John Kerswell

Stage Director:
Gina Lapinski

Supervising Producer:
Mia Bongiovanni
Elena Park

Technical Supervisor:
Ron Washburn

Wardrobe Supervisor:
William Malloy

Writer:
Jules Barbier

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