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Jacques Offenbach, The Tales of Hoffmann

Act I (Prologue)

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

I (Prologue): "La vérité dit-on" (Chorus)

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

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)

Act II

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

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

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

II: "Serviteur ...Monsieur, je vous jure qu'ils sont noirs" (Hoffmann, Coppelius, Nicklausse)

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)

Act IV

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

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

IV: "Jour et nuit je me mets en quatre" (Frantz)

IV: "Frantz!... c'est ici!" (Hoffmann, Frantz, 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: "Ne plus chanter! Hélas!" (Hoffmann, Antonia)

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

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

Act III

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: "Cher ange!" (Dapertutto, Giulietta)

Act V (Epilogue)

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

V (Epilogue): "Des cendres de ton cœur" (La muse, Chorus, Stella, Lindorf, Hoffmann, Hermann, Luther, Nathanaël, Andres)

Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann

Daniele Finzi Pasca (stage director), Kent Nagano (conductor) — With Benjamin Bernheim (Hoffmann), Olga Peretyatko (Olympia/Antonia/Stella/Giulietta) and Angela Brower (La Muse/Nicklausse)

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Cast

Daniele Finzi Pasca — Stage director

Hugo Gargiulo — Stage design

Giovanna Buzzi — Costume designer

Benjamin Bernheim — Hoffmann

Olga Peretyatko — Olympia / Antonia / Stella / Giulietta

Angela Brower — La Muse / Nicklausse

Luca Pisaroni — Lindorf / Coppélius / Dr. Miracle / Dapertutto

Program notes

In a tavern in Nuremberg, a poet tells the stories of his unhappy love affairs to anyone who would listen, under the watchful eye of the Muse—who seeks to become the sole object of his devotion! Thus unfolds Offenbach’s beloved Tales of Hoffmann, presented here at the Hamburg Opera in a critically acclaimed production. The “traditional but effective” staging provides the orchestra (led by maestro Kent Nagano) and a cast of top-notch soloists with the ideal setting to showcase their talent, offering the audience a production of the highest quality and with limitless charms. Benjamin Bernheim particularly shines in the role of Hoffmann, as one who “possesses all the romantic fervor of the idealist poet struggling with reality” (ResMusica).

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