Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Music | March 2, 1988

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.

Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Music | March 2, 1988

Les Contes d'Hoffmann
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.
Producers The Metropolitan Opera
Original title Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Directors Brian Large, Otto Schenk
Writers Jules Barbier, E. T. A. Hoffmann

Cast

Neil Shicoff

as Hoffmann

Susan Quittmeyer

as Nicklausse / Muse

James Morris

as Lindorf / Coppélius / Dapertutto / Dr. Miracle

Gwendolyn Bradley

as Olympia

Tatiana Troyanos

as Giulietta

Roberta Alexander

as Antonia

Pauline Andrey

as Stella

Anthony Laciura

as Andrès / Cochenille / Pitichinaccio / Frantz

Spiro Malas

as Luther

Mark Baker

as Nathanaël

David Bernard

as Hermann

Andrea Velis

as Spalanzani

Morley Meredith

as Schlemil

John Macurdy

as Crespel

Gweneth Bean

as Antonia's mother