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Les contes d'Hoffmann = (The tales of Hoffmann)
Contes d'Hoffmann
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- Summary
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The poet Hoffmann tells the tales of his three past loves and how each affair was thwarted by the evil influence of his rival.
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- Creator
- [music] by Jacques Offenbach ; from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- French
- Contributors
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- Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901
- Carré, Michel, 1819-1872
- Domingo, Plácido, 1941- performer
- Serra, Luciana, performer
- Baltsa, Agnes, performer
- Cotrubas, Ileana, performer
- Evans, Geraint, 1922-1992, performer
- Nimsgern, Siegmund, 1940- performer
- Gi︠u︡zelev, Nikola, 1936-2014, performer
- Lloyd, Robert, 1940- performer
- Prêtre, Georges, conductor
- Schlesinger, John, 1926-2003
- Large, Brian
- Dudley, William, 1947-
- Björnson, Maria
- Fazan, Eleanor, 1930-
- Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822
- Royal Opera House (London, England). Orchestra
- Royal Opera House (London, England). Chorus
- Kultur International Films
- NVC Arts (Firm)
- British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service
- Publication
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- West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2003]
- ©1981
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- digital optical
- NTSC
- video file dvd video region 1
- ISBNs
- 0769776205, 9780769776200
- OCLC
- ocm53378872
- Credits
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- Placido Domingo (Hoffmann) ; Luciana Serra (Olympia) ; Agnes Baltsa (Giulietta) ; Ileana Cotrubas (Antonia) ; Geraint Evans (Coppé́lius) ; Siegmund Nimsgern (Dappertutto) ; Nicola Ghiuselev (Miracle) ; Robert Lloyd (Spalanzani) ; supporting soloists ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; Royal Opera Chorus ; conductor, Georges Pretre
- Producer, John Schlesinger ; video director, Brian Large ; scenery, William Dudley ; costumes, Maria Bjornson ; movement, Eleanor Fazan
- Opera fantastique in three acts, a prologue, an epilogue.
- Title from opening screen credits.
- Libretto by Barbier and Carre based on the stories of E.T.A. Hoffmann.
- Produced by BBC Television in association with NVC Arts.
- Recorded at the Royal Opera House, Convent Garden, London, January 1981.
- DVD; NTSC; Region 1; Dolby digital stereo; full screen 4:3.
- Sung in French with optional English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Japanese subtitles.