"Despite the multitude of characters and situations, the plot is simple: the eternal flow of life. It is based on Les contes fantastiques d’Hoffmann, a play by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, who were inspired by some of the stories of the German E.T.A. Hoffmann. On a drunken night in the city, Hoffmann tells how he courted and lost three girls, his impossible loves: Olympia, a mechanical doll that only he believes to be truly human; Giulietta, the courtesan who steals his reflection in a mirror; and Antonia, a young woman who sings until she literally dies."
Venue & Opera Company: Teatro Regio di Parma Recorded: 1988
Singers: Alredo Kraus, Ruth Welting, Jonathan Omilian, Barbara Hendricks, Elena Zilio, Nicola Gjiuselev, Bruno Buulgarelli, Francis Egerton, Aldo Bottion
Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica dell'Emilia-Romagna "Arturo Toscanini" Chorus: Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus Master: Adolfo Tanhzi Stage Director: Beppe de Tomasi
Alfredo Kraus
as Hoffmann
Ruth Welting
as Olympia
Barbara Hendricks
as Antonia
Jolanta Omilian
as Giulietta
Nicolai Ghiuselev
as The four villains
Elena Zilio
as
Bruno Bulgarelli
as
Francis Egerton
as
Aldo Bottion
as
Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma
as
