Les Contes D'Hoffmann

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

Director: Olivier Py

Cast

M

Marc Laho

Hoffmann

S

Stella Doufexis

La Muse / Nicklausse

N

Nicolas Cavallier

Lindorf / Coppélius / Miracle / Dapertutto

E

Eric Huchet

Andrès / Cochenille / Frantz / Pittichinaccio

P

Patricia Petibon

Olympia

R

Rachel Harnisch

Antonia

Maria Riccarda Wesseling

Giuletta

Nadine Denize

La voix de la mère d'Antonia