Les Contes d'Hoffman 7 years old

We are made great by love and greater still by our tears.

This adaptation of three tales by E.T.A. Hoffmann, with a sprinkling of Goethe’s Faust, portrays the German poet as both narrator and hero recounting his love affairs with Olympia, Antonia and Giuletta. Robert Carsen’s spectacular production highlights the melancholy genius of a man marked by life, with a coherence and dramatic sense remarkable for a work that leaves numerous questions unanswered. Under the baton of Philippe Jordan, Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Ermonela Jaho, Kate Aldrich, Yann Beuron and Ramón Vargas and Stefano Secco in the main role, interpret the legendary airs of this work whose brilliant mystery will continue to dazzle opera houses for countless years to come.

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Les Contes d'Hoffman Cast

Name	Character
Paul Gay He was 49, now 56 years old	as Luther, Crespel
Doris Soffel She was 69, now 76 years old	as La mère d'Antonia
Ramón Vargas He was 57, now 64 years old	as Hoffmann

Les Contes d'Hoffman Crew

Name	Department
Jacques Offenbach as Writer. He was 198 (61) years old when He died	Writing