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A visually spectacular and strongly sung Hoffmann in Tokyo

Leonardo Capalbo (Hoffmann)
© Masahiko Terashi
Egils Silins (Coppélius) and Leonardo Capalbo (Hoffmann)
© Masahiko Terashi
Yoko Yasui (Olympia)
© Masahiko Terashi
Chikako Ohsumi (Giulietta) and Yuka Kobayashi (Nicklausse)
© Masahiko Terashi
Chikako Ohsumi (Giulietta) and Leonardo Capalbo (Hoffmann)
© Masahiko Terashi
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“the hero’s decline from energetic youthful ingénu to world-weary drunkard”
Reviewed at New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House, Tokyo on 15 March 2023
Offenbach, Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
New National Theatre
Marko Letonja, Conductor
Philippe Arlaud, Director, Set Designer, Lighting Designer
Andrea Uhmann, Costume Designer
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
New National Theatre Chorus
Leonardo Capalbo, Hoffmann
Yuka Kobayashi, Nicklausse
Yoko Yasui, Olympia
Mihoko Kinoshita, Antonia
Chikako Ohsumi, Giulietta
Egils Siliņš, Lindorf, Coppélius, Miracle, Dapertutto
Mutsumi Taniguchi, Stella, Voice of Antonia's Mother
Hideyuki Aochi, Andrès, Cochenille, Frantz, Pitichinaccio
Takayuki Ito, Crespel, Luther
Gento Ando, Hermann
Toshiaki Murakami, Nathanaël
Masahiko Hare, Spalanzani
Shingo Sudo, Peter Schlémil
Haruka Ueda, Choreography
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