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

Rolando Villazon (Hoffmann), Gidon Saks (Four Villains), Kristine Jepson (The Muse of Poetry / Nicklausse), Ekaterina Lekhina (Olympia), Vassiliki Karayanni (Olympia), Christine Rice (Giulietta), Katie Van Kooten (Antonia), Graham Clark (Four Servants), Matthew Rose (Crespel), Kostas Smoriginas (Schlemil), Robin Leggate (Spalanzani), Ji-Min Park (Nathanael), Lynton Black (Luther), Changhan Lin (Hermann), Gaynor Keeble (Voice of Antonia's Mother)

Creatives/Company

Music: Offenbach
Lyrics(s): Jules Barbier, Carre
Book by: Hoffman
Producer: Royal Opera
Director(s): Dan Dooner, William Hobbs (fight)
Design: William Dudley
Costume: Maria Bjornson
Lighting: David Hersey
Choreographer: Eleanor Fazan