Stephane Denève, Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu - Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (2014)
Stephane Denève, Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu - Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (2014)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Francais (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (Dolby AC3, 6 ch) | 5.29 Gb+7.01 Gb (2xDVD9) | 183 min
Classical | Erato | Sub: Français, English, Italiano, Deutsch, Espanol, Catalan
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Francais (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (Dolby AC3, 6 ch) | 5.29 Gb+7.01 Gb (2xDVD9) | 183 min
Classical | Erato | Sub: Français, English, Italiano, Deutsch, Espanol, Catalan
Warner Classics & Erato DVD catalogue already contains several characteristically stylish and imaginative productions by the French opera director Laurent Pelly: Offenbach’s La Vie Parisienne and La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, Massenet’s Cendrillon, Donizetti’s La Fille du régiment, Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande and Handel’s Giulio Cesare. The last three all star Natalie Dessay, and now she and Pelly are reunited once again, this time for Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann, staged at Barcelona’s Liceu opera house in early 2013.
Based on the stories of the influential German writer ETA Hoffmann, filled with magic, dark humour and grotesquerie, Les Contes d’Hoffmann has a complex structure with three acts in ‘flashback’ as the drunken poet Hoffmann recalls three unhappy love affairs.The opera itself has a complex history too, since Offenbach died before completing it, and it exists in a number of editions. This performance used the version prepared by Michael Kaye and Jean-Christophe Keck, which has been welcomed for its dramatic power. As the Los Angeles Daily News said: “Kaye’s edition clarifies, intensifies, redefines and transforms Hoffmann into a more unified and ultimately more powerful work.”
Cast:
Hoffmann - Michael Spyres
Olympia - Kathleen Kim
Antonia - Natalie Dessay
Giulietta - Tatiana Pavlovskaya
Lindorf / Coppélius / Docteur Miracle / Dapertutto - Laurent Naouri
Nicklausse, La muse - Michèle Losier
Andrès / Cochenille / Frantz / Pitichinaccio - Francisco Vas
La voix de la mère - Salomé Haller
Stella - Susana Cordón
Spalanzani - Manel Esteve Madrid
Schlémil / Hermann - Isaac Galán
Luther - Alex Sanmarti
Crespel - Carlos Chausson
Nathanaël - Airam Hernández
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu
Conductor - Stéphane Denève
Stephane Denève, Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu - Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (2014)
Stephane Denève, Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu - Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (2014)
Stephane Denève, Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu - Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (2014)
Stephane Denève, Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu - Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (2014)
Stephane Denève, Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu - Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (2014)
