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| Composer | Offenbach, Jacques (1819-1880) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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BerlinLes Contes d'HoffmannNew production
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Enrique Mazzola; Laurent Pelly; Deutsche Oper Berlin; Chantal Thomas; Daniel Johansson; Kathryn Lewek
HelsinkiLes Contes d'Hoffmann
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Patrick Fournillier; Johannes Erath; Finnish National Opera; Heike Scheele; Gesine Völlm; Mika Pohjonen; Dominik Sutowicz
Baden-BadenHoffmanns Erzählungen (konzertante Aufführung)
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Marc Minkowski; Charles Castronovo; Olga Peretyatko
Baden-BadenLes Contes d’Hoffmann
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Marc Minkowski; Romain Gilbert; Charles Castronovo; Olga Peretyatko
MoscowLes Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Evgeny Brazhnik; Alexander Titel; Stanislavsky Opera; Valery Leventhal; Chinghis Ayusheev; Najmiddin Mavlyanov
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Irish National Opera's futuristic Hoffmann
Tom Creed's take on Offenbach's opéra fantastique works best in the Olympia act in this new production in Dublin.
A superb, sinister Hoffmann at Dutch National Opera
Selectively unearthed from current critical editions, this fabulously performed new Hoffmann plumbs the murky depths of its antihero’s psyche.
Grigòlo stars as Debus leads thrilling Hoffmann at The Met
Bartlett Sher's production of The Tales of Hoffmann, revived at The Met, takes a Kafka-esque, surreal view of the opera.
Testé, Spyres and Pudova stand out in Hoffmann
Offenbach's vivid setting of E.T.A. Hoffmann's fantastic tales gets an enjoyable outing, with Spyres, Testé and Pudova the undoubted stars of the show.
A beautifully sung Tales of Hoffmann at LA Opera
Los Angeles Opera's Tales of Hoffmann survives multiple cast changes to look and sound fabulous, but it drags dramatically.