Details

Hopelessly besotted with a flighty prima donna, the poet Hoffmann drunkenly recalls the three loves of his life: Olympia, a mechanical doll; Antonia, a sick young singer; and Giulietta, a Venetian whore who stole his reflection and his soul. Based upon the fantastical tales of the German Romantic writer E.T.A. Hoffmann, Offenbach's operatic swansong boasts such hit numbers as the clockwork-driven 'Doll's Song' and the seductively swooning 'Barcarolle'.

Cast/Performers

Julian Gavin, Rosa Mannion, John Tomlinson, Susan Parry, Andrew Forbes-Lane, David Marsh, Riccardo Simonetti, Jean Rigby

Creatives/Company

Music: Offenbach
Lyrics(s): Jules Barbier, Carre
Book by: Hoffman
Director: Graham Vick
Conductor: Paul Daniel
Design: Tobias Hoheisel
Lighting: Wolfgang Gobbel
Translation: John Wells