In this mostly comic opera about romantic disappointment, soprano Susanne Burgess portrays three very different heroines.

Offenbach's fantastical final work, Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), opens the Metropolitan Opera's 2024–25 Live in HD season on Saturday, October 5, at 1PM ET. French tenor Benjamin ...

But tears flowed once more at the portrayal of Antonia, Hoffmann’s doomed second love. The young woman is bed-bound; she uses crutches and a wheelchair to mobilize. Pained is her countenance, for she ...

On Saturday, the high-definition broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera will be Jacques Offenbach's "Tales of Hoffmann." The performance begins at noon at the Town Plaza Cinema in Cape Girardeau.

If the curtain goes up at six o’clock and comes down again at just before ten, a director has plenty of scope to explore nooks and crannies - and operas are not short of those. Roll in the fact that ...

Never mind: this is where we are, so how well are the tales of the poet’s three loves and the frame in which a fourth battles it out with a demon and a muse sung, played and directed? There are some ...

In "Tales of Hoffmann," by Jacques Offenbach, enjoy a fantastical journey through the doomed romances of the poet, Hoffmann. Hounded by his nemesis and accompanied by Nicklausse, his ever-faithful ...

We’re lucky to have English Touring Opera. When it comes to repertoire they’re the UK’s boldest company by miles. Recent seasons have featured neglected Handel, forgotten Donizetti, rare Britten (Paul ...

Opera in Williamsburg presents: The Tales of Hoffmann by Offenbach, with English subtitles. Opera in Williamsburg presents: The Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach. A beautiful fantasy of the ...

Translation: This is a "Les contes d'Hoffmann" for the ages and if you're into opera, you must go (and make sure your cell phone is turned off). It's funny, fast-paced, wildly inventive, beautifully ...