Les Contes D'Hoffmann

Les Contes D'Hoffmann

171 mins | Music | Oct. 6, 2008

Among DVDs of "Hoffmann" currently available, this is the only one that even begins to stand comparison with the superlative Powell and Pressburger film (whose ideas it occasionally borrows). Olivier Py's baroque imagination, which sometimes leads him into self-indulgence and incoherence, is well suited to bringing out this opera's darkness and he does an excellent job

Les Contes D'Hoffmann

171 mins | Music | Oct. 6, 2008

Les Contes D'Hoffmann
Among DVDs of "Hoffmann" currently available, this is the only one that even begins to stand comparison with the superlative Powell and Pressburger film (whose ideas it occasionally borrows). Olivier Py's baroque imagination, which sometimes leads him into self-indulgence and incoherence, is well suited to bringing out this opera's darkness and he does an excellent job
Producers Grand Théâtre de Genève
Original title Les Contes D'Hoffmann
Directors Philippe Béziat, Olivier Py
Writers Jules Barbier, E. T. A. Hoffmann

Cast

Marc Laho

as Hoffmann

Stella Doufexis

as La Muse / Nicklausse

Nicolas Cavallier

as Lindorf / Coppélius / Miracle / Dapertutto

Eric Huchet

as Andrès / Cochenille / Frantz / Pittichinaccio

Patricia Petibon

as Olympia

Rachel Harnisch

as Antonia

Nadine Denize

as La voix de la mère d'Antonia

Francisco Vas

as Spalanzani

Bernard Deletré

as Schlémil

René Schirrer

as Luther

Gilles Cachemaille

as Crespel

Bisser Terziyski

as Nathanaël

Romaric Braun

as Hermann

Delphine Beaulieu

as Stella