The Metropolitan Opera, the largest association of classical music in North America with the “Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD” program, invites you to enjoy its seventh opera “Les Contes d’Hoffmann”, a musical composition by Jacques Offenbach, showing on Saturday February 7th here in the Marina Casa de Campo!
As “Le Nozze di Figaro,” “Carmen” and “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”, “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” and “The Merry Widow”, Les Contes d’Hoffmann is another example of a comic opera. Is an opéra fantastique by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann.
The opera was first performed in a public venue, at the Opéra-Comique on the 10th of February 1881, without the third (Venice) act.
“Vittorio Grigolo and Matthew Polenzani take turns playing the tortured poet and unwitting adventurer of the title. The roles of the three heroines are shared by an impressive lineup of singing actresses, including Hibla Gerzmava, Susanna Phillips, Erin Morley, Audrey Luna, Christine Rice, and Elena Maximova. Thomas Hampson sings the Four Villains, and James Levine and Yves Abel conduct Offenbach’s sparkling score.
Vittorio Grigolo as Hoffmann “soars” with “high notes [that] are strong and clear… Erin Morley was a remarkable Olympia, bringing rounded tone, dynamic variety and dramatic flair” to the role. Hibla Gerzmava sang Antonia “with a soprano that was soft-grained yet penetrating… The elegant mezzo Kate Lindsey was Hoffmann’s friend Nicklausse, her voice silvery with a hint of cream…” Conductor Yves Abel “led a graceful, agile orchestral performance.”
New York Times
If you’re looking to enjoy an entertaining and captivating show, you simply must attend this presentation of Les Contes d’Hoffmann – on Saturday February 7th here in the Marina Casa de Campo!
It is a play that will make you think while you enjoy. It’s a luxury to not be missed!
Here we bring you the trailer for Les Contes d’Hoffmann:
MET Opera, Encore Transmission:Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Where: Caribbean Cinemas, Marina Casa de Campo
Price: RD$900 per person
When: Saturday February 7th, 3:30 pm
Contact: Office (809)-688-8710 / Cinema (809)-523-2351 or (809)-523-2375
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