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Jacques Offenbach, The Tales of Hoffmann

I (Prologue): Prelude and Introduction - "Glou, glou, glou" (Chorus)

I (Prologue): "Le conseilleur Lindorf, morbleu!" (Lindorf, Nicklausse, Andres)

I (Prologue): "Voyons "Pour Hoffmann" Bon!" (Lindorf)

I (Prologue): "L'entr'acte commence ..." (Luther, Chorus, Hermann, Nathanaël)

I (Prologue): "Vive Dieu! mes amis..." (Nathanaël, Chorus, Hermann, Lindorf, Luther, Hoffmann, Nicklausse)

I (Prologue): "Notte e giorno mal dormire...Il était une fois à la cour d'Eisenach" (Nicklausse, Hoffmann, Herman, Nathanaël, Chorus)

I (Prologue): "À la bonne heure au moins!..." (Nicklausse, Hoffmann, Hermann, Lindorf, Chorus)

I (Prologue): "Je vous dit, moi, qu'un malheur ma menace" (Hoffmann, Lindorf, Nathanaël, Hermann, Chorus, Nicklausse, Luther)

II: "Là! dors en paix" (Spalanzani, Hoffmann, Cochenille)

II: "Allons! courage et confiance" (Hoffmann, Nicklausse)

II: "C'est moi, Coppelius" (Coppelius, Nicklausse, Hoffman)

II: "Hein! Vous? Ce cher maître!..." (Spalanzani, Coppelius, Hoffmann, Cochenile)

II: "Non aucun hôte vraiment" (Chorus, Spalanzani, Nicklausse, Hoffmann, Cochenille, Voix de Basse)

II: "Les oiseaux dans la charmille" (Olympia, Chorus)

II: "Ah! mon ami! quel accent!" (Hoffmann, Nicklausse, Spalanzani, Chorus, Olympia, Cochenille)

II: "Ils se sont éloignés enfin !...Ah ! vivre deux" (Hoffmann, Olympia)

II: "Tu me fuis? .....Oui, pauvres fous" (Hoffmann, Nicklausse, Coppelius, Spalanzani, Cochenille, Olympia, Chorus)

II: "Est-il mort?" (Nicklausse, Spalanzani, Chorus, Cochenille, Hoffmann, Coppelius)

III: "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Nicklausse, Giulietta, Chorus)

III: "Et moi, ce n'est pas là, pardieu!...Amis l'amour tendre et rêveur" (Hoffmann, Chorus, Schlémil, Giuletta, Pittichinaccio)

III: "Scintille, diamant!" (Dapertutto)

III: "Cher ange!" (Dapertutto, Giulietta)

III: "Vous me quittez?...O Dieu de quelle ivresse" (Giulietta, Hoffmann)

III: "Schlémil!...J'en étais sûr!" (Giulietta, Schlémil, Hoffmann, Pittichinaccio, Dapertutto, Nicklausse)

III: "Hélas! mon cœur s'égare encore!" (Septuor)

III: "Ecoutez, messieurs!" (Hoffmann, Dapertutto, Giulietta, Nicklausse, Schlémil, Pittichinaccio, Chorus)

IV: "Elle a fui, la tourterelle" (Antonia)

IV: "Malheureuse enfant..." (Crespel, Antonio, Frantz)

IV: "Frantz!... c'est ici!" (Hoffmann, Frantz, Nicklausse)

IV: "Vois sous l'archet frémissant" (Hoffmann, Nicklausse)

IV: "C'est une chanson...Ah! J'ai le bonheur dans l'âme" (Hoffmann, Nicklausse, Antonia)

IV: "Pourtant, ô ma fiancée...C'est une chanson d'amour" (Hoffmann, Antonia)

IV: "Qu'as-tu donc?" (Hoffmann, Antonia, Crespel, Frantz, Miracle)

IV: "Pour conjurer le danger" (Miracle, Hoffmann, Crespel, Le Voix d'Antonia)

IV: "Ne plus chanter! Hélas!" (Hoffmann, Antonia)

IV: "Tu ne chantera plus?" (Miracle, Antonia)

IV: "Ta mère? Oses-tu l'invoquer?...Chère enfant..." (Miracle, La mère d'Antonia, Antonia)

IV: "Mon enfant! ma fille! Antonia!" (Finale) (Crespel, Antonia, Hoffmann, Nicklausse, Miracle)

V (Epilogue): "Voilà quelle fut l'histoire de mes amours..." (Hoffmann, Luther, Lindorf, Nathanaël, Nicklausse, Chorus)

V (Epilogue): "Vous permettez, Madame!..Pardon! Kleinzach est incomplet..."(Lindorf, Hoffmann, Andres, Chorus)

Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann

John Schlesinger (stage director), Evelino Pidò (conductor) – With Vittorio Grigòlo (Hoffmann), Thomas Hampson (Lindorf et al.), Sonya Yoncheva (Antonia), Christine Rice (Giulietta), and Sofia Fomina (Olympia)

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Cast

John Schlesinger — Stage director

Daniel Dooner — Revival director

William Dudley — Set designer

Maria Björnson — Costume designer

David Hersey — Lighting designer

Eleanor Fazan — Choreographer

William Hobbs — Fight director

Simon Johns — Revival fight director

Program notes

“An extraordinary work...insanely sumptuous, near-definitive…” exclaimed The Independent in 1980 about Oscar-winning film director John Schlesinger’s recent production of The Tales of Hoffmann. In 2016, this revival production passed any test of comparison to the original production with flying colors, featuring a spectacular cast of stars (including Vittorio Grigòlo, Thomas Hampson, and Sonya Yoncheva) who together brought to life the many fascinating characters of Hoffman’s three autobiographical tales, all set in a typical 19th-century German tavern.

Jacques Offenbach composed the score of this "fantastical opera" during the last ten years of his life and left it unfinished: its 1880 premiere included numerous modifications, with each successive production following in that mold until eventually a definitive version entered the operatic canon. Offenbach considered the opera his musical testament, suffusing it with lush melodies that remain unsurpassed to this day.

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