AROP evening — Opera
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
06 Dec. 2023
- 3h30 with 2 intermissions
- Opéra Bastille
- Cocktail attire
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Production de 1982 - Robert Carsen
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Conductor
Eun Sun Kim; Alessandro Di Stefano
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Music
Jacques Offenbach
(1819-1880) -
Libretto
Jules Barbier
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Director
Robert Carsen
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Set design and Costume design
Michael Levine
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Lighting design
Jean Kalman
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Choreography
Philippe Giraudeau
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Dramaturgy
Ian Burton
In a tavern, the poet Hoffmann, who has just heard the diva Stella sing, tells the story of the three women he has loved: Olympia, Antonia and Giulietta, three loves thwarted by an evil spirit, Lindorf. Will his passion for Stella suffer the same fate? With this fantastic opera, drawing on the imagination of the writer E.T.A. Hoffmann, Jacques Offenbach sought to prove that he was more than a composer of lightweight works. Even though it remained unfinished after his death in 1880, the score constitutes a magnificent swan song and abounds with famous passages such as the Barcarolle and the Doll Song. Robert Carsen, always fond of portraying theatre within theatre, plunges the audience into the world of an opera house, from the stage to the wings, as his dizzying mise en abyme questions the notions of the anti-hero and the female ideal.
Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Production de 1982 - Robert Carsen
Hoffmann
Benjamin Bernheim
Olympia
Pretty Yende
Giulietta
Antoinette Dennefeld
Antonia
Rachel Willis-Sorensen
Lindorf, Coppélius, Dapertutto, Miracle
Christian Van Horn
La muse, Nicklausse
Angela Brower
Andrès, Cochenille, Pitichinaccio, Frantz
Leonardo Cortellazzi
Spalanzani
Christophe Mortagne
Nathanaël
Cyrille Lovighi
Hermann
Christian Rodrigue Moungoungou
Crespel, Maître Luther
Vincent Le Texier
Schlemil
Alejandro Baliñas Vieites
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19:30
First part
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20:45
Intermission cocktail
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21:05
Second part
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22:00
Intermission cocktail
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22:20
Third part
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23:00
End of the performance
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23:15
Supper
Les Contes d'Hoffmann - C'est une chanson d'amour
1 podcast
Les Contes d'Hoffmann by J. Offenbach - La légende de Kleinzach (Michael Fabiano)
1 video
Les Contes d'Hoffmann by J. Offenbach - Olympia - "Les oiseaux dans la charmille" (Jodie Devos)
1 video
Les Contes d'Hoffmann by J. Offenbach - Barcarolle (Stéphanie d'Oustrac & Kate Aldrich)
1 video