Offenbach, Jacques - Les Contes d'Hoffmann (BD) - Wiener Symphoniker
Daniel Johansson (Hoffmann), Kerstin Avemo (Olympia, Giulietta), Mandy Fredrich (Antonia, Giulietta), Rachel Frenkel (Muse, Niklausse, Die Stimme der Mutter), Michael Volle (Lindorf, Coppélius, Dr. Miracle, Dapertutto), Bengt-Ola Morgny (Spalanzani), Ketil Hugaas (Crespel, Luther) und Christoph Mortagne (Andrès, Cochenille, Frantz, Pitichinaccio)
Wiener Symphoniker / Johannes Debus (conductor) & Stefan Herheim (director)
Staged By: Stefan Herheim
Bregenz’s Tales of Hoffmann is different from everything you’ve seen before. The New York Times praised the “thoughtfulness and creativity” of Stefan Herheim’s new production, devised by the director as a search for one’s own self in a sparkling drag show. A “shining-toned” (NYT) Hoffmann is embodied by tenor Daniel Johansson in the title role. He is supported by a fantastic cast: “Rachel Frenkel is positively ideal as Muse and Niklausse” (Kurier), Kerstin Avemo as Olympia is “endowed with brilliant, cheekily extemporized coloraturas” (Neue Zürcher Zeitung), Michael Volle sings the parts of Lindorf, Coppelius, Dr. Miracle and Dappertutto, “the work’s four villains, with warmth and intensity” (NYT) and Mandy Fredrich is a “finely phrased Antonia” (Kurier).
Sound Format Blu-ray: DTS-HD MA 5.0, PCM 2.0
Picture 16:9, HD
Subtitles: French (original language), English, German, Spanish, Korean, Japanese
Booklet: English, German, French
Total Running Time: 174 Mins