Among DVDs of "Hoffmann" currently available, this is the only one that even begins to stand comparison with the superlative Powell and Pressburger film (whose ideas it occasionally borrows). Olivier Py's baroque imagination, which sometimes leads him into self-indulgence and incoherence, is well suited to bringing out this opera's darkness and he does an excellent job
Marc Laho
as Hoffmann
Stella Doufexis
as La Muse / Nicklausse
Nicolas Cavallier
as Lindorf / Coppélius / Miracle / Dapertutto
Eric Huchet
as Andrès / Cochenille / Frantz / Pittichinaccio
Patricia Petibon
as Olympia
Rachel Harnisch
as Antonia
Maria Riccarda Wesseling
as Giuletta
Nadine Denize
as La voix de la mère d'Antonia
Francisco Vas
as Spalanzani
Bernard Deletré
as Schlémil
René Schirrer
as Luther
Gilles Cachemaille
as Crespel
