LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN
Opéra fantastique en 3 actes, avec prologue et épilogue
Composer: Jacques Offenbach (1819-80), completed by Ernest Guiraud
Libretto: Jules Barbier, after Barbier and Michel Carré’s play Les Contes d’Hoffmann (1851)
First performance: Opéra-Comique, Paris, 10 February 1881
SETTING: Nuremberg, Munich and Venice, 19th century
Trio
The demoniac Dr. Miracle seduces Antonia (daughter of a great singer) with the allure of fame, and conjures her mother's spirit. Antonia sings herself to death.
Antonia, jeune fille / a young girl (soprano): Rosalind Plowright
Le docteur Miracle (bass-baritone): José van Dam
Une voix, mère d’Antonia / A voice, Antonia's mother (mezzo-soprano): Jocelyne Taillon
(Hoffmann, poète / a poet (tenor): Neil Shicoff
Crespel, père d’Antonia / Antonia’s father (bass): Kurt Rydl)
Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling
Chorus & Orchestra of the Opéra National du Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie
Brussels, 1988
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