Release Date

02 Mar, 1988

Runtime

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Synopsis

Otto Schenk’s brilliant production captures both the dark romanticism of the story as well as its fairy-tale magic. It is a superb setting for Neil Shicoff’s vivid portrayal of the tortured poet Hoffmann, as he recounts the loves of his life and the way he has been foiled by his nemesis—a marvelous James Morris in a tour-de-force performance of the opera’s four villains. Gwendolyn Bradley is the doll Olympia, Tatiana Troyanos sings the courtesan Giulietta, and Roberta Alexander portrays the innocent Antonia.

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Actors

Neil Shicoff

Susan Quittmeyer

James Morris

Gwendolyn Bradley

Tatiana Troyanos

Roberta Alexander

Pauline Andrey

Anthony Laciura

Spiro Malas

Mark Baker

David Bernard

Andrea Velis

Morley Meredith

John Macurdy

Gweneth Bean

Crew

Jules Barbier

Brian Large

Charles Dutoit

Jacques Offenbach

E. T. A. Hoffmann

Otto Schenk