Name: Les contes d'Hoffmann
Start: 2022-01-29T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Theater Erfurt

Organization

Stage director

Balázs Kovalik

Conductor

Yannis Pouspourikas

Costume designer

Sebastian Ellrich

Set designer

Hermann Feuchtner

Dramaturge

Larissa Wieczorek

Singer

Tenor

Brett Sprague

Hoffmann

Soprano

Danae Kontora

Olympia

Daniela Gerstenmeyer

Antonia

Jessica Rose Cambio

Juliet

Mezzo-soprano

Florence Losseau

Nicklausse

Bass-baritone

Máté Sólyom-Nagy

Lindorf

Coppelius

Miracle

Dapertutto

Julian Freibott

Spalanzani

Jörg Rathmann

Nathaniel

Cochineal

Frantz

Pitichinaccio

Baritone

Siyabulela Ntlale

Schlemil

William

Bass

Kakhaber Shavidze

Crespel

Luther

Lighting designer

Thomas Spangenberg

Alexandra Kadurina

La Muse

Theater Erfurt

French

Les contes d'Hoffmann -  (The Tales of Hoffmann)

Erfurt

Germany

Großes Haus

Les contes d'Hoffmann Offenbach

Public

The Tales of Hoffmann

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Contralto

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

This is archival video taken during the premiere of Les contes d'Hoffmann at Theater Erfurt on January 29, 2022.

Brett Sprague - Chanson de Kleinzach

ETA Hoffmann was not only a civil servant and a lawyer, but above all a dazzling artistic personality who regularly offended with her strong convictions and repeatedly had to defend himself against the politics that set limits to his artistic work.

In Offenbach's opera, the writer, musician and draftsman becomes the anti-hero of his own stories: In Les Contes d'Hoffmann , the titular hero is manipulated, artistic illusions under the name Olympia are presented to him and destroyed. Singers, including Hoffmann's lover Antonia, have to die if they pursue their art. And finally the poet finds himself in a field in which people sell themselves and their ideals - he loses his ability to reflect on himself.

Jacques Offenbach's Opéra fantastique is the last and the only serious opera by the "inventor" of French operetta. In a kaleidoscope-like manner, he interweaves social criticism, French sentiment, German romanticism, parodistic jokes and musical finesse into narratives about the artist's existence: They address the abysses, doubts, great ideas and crises of a bohemian who struggles for the right to exist, artistic freedom, influence, recognition and love got to.

English

The Tales of Hoffmann by Offenbach, Sat 29 Jan 2022, From (2022/2022), Directed by Balázs Kovalik,, Conductor Yannis Pouspourikas, Theater Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Programme, About & Synopsis

Reviews

Videos

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

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