A scene from the Prologue of Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" with Ana Netrebko as Stella. (Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera) Joseph Calleja as Hoffmann and Ekaterina Gubanova as Giulietta in ...
French tenor Benjamin Bernheim, who recently performed at the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics to millions of viewers, makes his Met role debut as the title character and leads a cast making ...
Offenbach's fantastical final work, Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), opens the Metropolitan Opera's 2024–25 Live in HD season on Saturday, October 5, at 1PM ET. French tenor Benjamin ...
In her role debut, American soprano Erin Morley plays the mechanical doll Olympia in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the Metropolitan Opera. Morley’s vivid ballerina outfit and all costumes were ...
This aria performed by the ‘doll’ Olympia in Offenbach’s opera Les Contes d’Hoffmann is arguably the most difficult piece ever written for soprano. Offenbach’s opera Les Contes d’Hoffmann is set in a ...
Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo stars as the tortured poet unlucky in love in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann on Great Performances at the Met Sunday, May 10 at 12 p.m. on PBS (check local listings).