Les Contes D'Hoffmann
Among DVDs of "Hoffmann" currently available, this is the only one that even begins to stand comparison with the superlative Powell and Pressburger film (whose ideas it occasionally borrows). Olivier Py's baroque imagination, which sometimes leads him into self-indulgence and incoherence, is well suited to bringing out this opera's darkness and he does an excellent job
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Among DVDs of "Hoffmann" currently available, this is the only one that even begins to stand comparison with the superlative Powell and Pressburger film (whose ideas it occasionally borrows). Olivier Py's baroque imagination, which sometimes leads him into self-indulgence and incoherence, is well suited to bringing out this opera's darkness and he does an excellent job
Marc Laho
Hoffmann
Stella Doufexis
La Muse / Nicklausse
Nicolas Cavallier
Lindorf / Coppélius / Miracle / Dapertutto
Eric Huchet
Andrès / Cochenille / Frantz / Pittichinaccio
Patricia Petibon
Olympia
Rachel Harnisch
Antonia
Maria Riccarda Wesseling
Giuletta
Nadine Denize
La voix de la mère d'Antonia
Francisco Vas
Spalanzani
Bernard Deletré
Schlémil
René Schirrer
Luther
Gilles Cachemaille
Crespel
Bisser Terziyski
Nathanaël
Romaric Braun
Hermann
Delphine Beaulieu
Stella