Title: Jacques Offenbach: "The Tales of Hoffmann"
Original title: Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Release year: 2015
Genre: opera
Director: Stefan Herheim, Felix Breisach
Conductor: Johannes Debus
Cast: Daniel Johansson (Hoffmann), Kerstin Avemo (Olympia, Giulietta), Mandy Fredrich (Antonia, Giulietta), Rachel Frenkel (Muse, Niklausse, Die Stimme der Mutter), Michael Volle (Lindorf, Coppélius, Dr. Miracle, Dapertutto ), Bengt-Ola Morgny (Spalanzani), Ketil Hugaas (Crespel, Luther), Christoph Mortagne (Andrès, Cochenille, Frantz, Pitichinaccio), Prague Philharmonic Choir, Wiener Symphoniker

Description:

Bregenz's Tales of Hoffmann is different from everything you saw before. The New York Times praised the "thoughtfulness and creativity" of Stefan Herheim's new production, as the search for one's own self in a sparkling drag show. A "shining-toned" (NYT) Hoffmann is embodied by tenor Daniel Johansson in the title role. He is supported by a fantastic cast: "Rachel Frenkel is positively ideal as Muse and Niklausse" (Kurier), Kerstin Avemo as Olympia is "endowed with a brilliant, cheekily extemporized coloraturas" (Neue Zürcher Zeitung), Michael Volle sings the parts of Lindorf , Coppélius, Dr.Sc. Miracle and Dapertutto, "the work of four villas, with warmth and intensity" (NYT) and Mandy Fredrich is a "finelyphrased Antonia" (Kurier). OPERA NEWS Review

Recorded live at Bregenz Festival, 2015.

Issued: United Kingdom | C MAJOR
Duration: 2:54:44