Les contes d'Hoffmann : opéra fantastique en trois actes, un prologue et un épilogue / de Jacques Offenbach ; livret de Jules Barbier, d'après le drame de Jules Barbier et Michel Carré ; mise en scène, Robert Carsen.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Carré, Michel, 1819-1872, librettist.

Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901, librettist.

Shicoff, Neil, singer.

Terfel, Bryn, singer.

Mentzer, Susanne, singer.

Rancatore, Desirée, singer.

Swenson, Ruth Ann, singer.

Uria-Monzon, Béatrice, singer.

Sénéchal, Michel, singer.

López-Cobos, Jesús, conductor.

Carsen, Robert, production personnel, director.

Roussillon, François, director.

Opéra national de Paris, performer, producer.

François Roussillon et associés, producer.

France 3 cinéma (Firm), producer.

TDK Mediactive (Firm), distributor.

Language:

English

French

Italian

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822--Drama.

Hoffmann, E. T. A.

Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822.

Operas.

Genre:

Operas.

Television programs.

Drama.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (173 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Ratingen : TDK, [2004]

Language Note:

Sung in French; optional subtitles in English, French, Italian and Spanish.

System Details:

DVD-9 (disc 1), DVD-5 (disc 2); NTSC, region 0 (worldwide); aspect ratio 16:9.

digital

optical

mixed

NTSC

video file

DVD video

Participant:

Neil Shicoff (Hoffmann) ; Bryn Terfel (Lindorf, Coppélius, Dr. Miracle, Dapertutto) ; Susanne Mentzer (La Muse, Nicklausse) ; Désirée Rancatore (Olympia) ; Ruth Ann Swenson (Antonia) ; Béatrice Uria-Monzon (Giulietta) ; Michel Sénéchal (Andrès, Cochenille, Frantz, Pitichinaccio)

Supporting soloists ; Orchestre et Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris ; Jésus-Cópez-Cobos, conductor.

Credits:

Stage and costume design, Michael Levine; lighting, Jean Kalman; choreography, Philippe Giraudeau; dramaturgy, Ian Burton; directed for TV and video by François Roussillon; director of photography, Pierre Dupouey; '"chef monteur," Philippe Leclaire.

Notes:

Une coproduction, Opéra national de Paris, François Roussillon et associés, avec la participation de France 3.

Recorded in performance Oct. 4 and 9, 2002, Opéra national de Paris-Bastille.

Soundtracks in Dolby digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 and PCM stereo.

Program notes, and synopsis by Robert Carsen, both in English translation (8 p.) in container.

Contains:

Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. Contes d'Hoffmann.

OCLC:

56595441

Publisher Number:

824121000820

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