A beautifully sung Tales of Hoffmann at LA Opera

By Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 26 March 2017

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“Miracle appeared amidst clouds of arsenic-green fog, in case anyone had forgotten he was the villain”

Reviewed at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles on 25 March 2017

Offenbach, Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)

LA Opera

Plácido Domingo, Conductor

Marta Domingo, Director

Giovanni Agostinucci, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Vittorio Grigolo, Hoffmann

Wayne Tigges, Lindorf, Coppélius, Miracle, Dapertutto

So Young Park, Olympia

Diana Damrau, Antonia, Stella

Kate Aldrich, Giulietta

Kate Lindsey, Nicklausse

Christophe Mortagne, Andrès, Cochenille, Frantz, Pitichinaccio

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Ilana Walder-Biesanz

Ilana Walder-Biesanz is a product manager for Yahoo, a theatre and opera critic, and a classically trained mezzo-soprano. She explored theater and opera stagings as a Gates Scholar at Cambridge and as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany. She currently writes for Bachtrack, San Francisco Classical Voice, and Stark Insider. Twitter: @ilana_wb.