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Offenbach: Les Contes D'hoffmann / Cambreling, Durlovski, Cutler [blu-ray]

Offenbach / Cambreling / Orchestra & Chorus Teatro Release Date: 09/25/2015
Label: Bel Air Classiques Catalog #: 424
Composer:  Jacques Offenbach Performer:  Ana Durlovski ,  Eric Cutler ,  Christoph Homberger ,  Vito Priante  ...  Conductor:  Sylvain Cambreling Orchestra/Ensemble:  Madrid Teatro Real Orchestra ,  Madrid Teatro Real Chorus Number of Discs: 1

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'The Tales of Hoffmann' is considered as the masterpiece of Jacques Offenbach’s work and mixes love, pain and whim. The intrigue settles around three stories about a broken love. Told by Hoffmann, narrator and hero, these tales paint a portrait of three feminine figures: Olympia the automaton, Antonia the dying opera singer and Giulietta the courtesan. This triptych allows the development of very different universes, and colour. It’s also a declension of the image of woman and of evil.

Christoph Read more Marthaler signed this creation for the Teatro Real. This was Gerard Mortier’s last commission for this stage: the Swiss director has proven his ease in many different registers. An essential capacity needed for a work as rich and subtle as 'The Tales of Hoffmann'. Music is conducted by Sylvain Cambreling and the cast includes Eric Cutler, Anne Sofie von Otter, Measha Brueggergosman and Jean-Philippe Lafont.

Running time: 193 minutes
Subtitles: French, German, English, Spanish
Format: 16/9, NTSC, Sound Dolby digital 2.0/5.1
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