Hoffmannovy povídky

Conductor: Michel Swierczewski / Zbyněk Müller
Director: Ondřej Havelka
Stage design: Martin Černý
Costumes: Jana Zbořilová
Chorus master: Martin Buchta
Choreography: Jana Hanušová
Musical preparation: Michel Swierczewski
Dramaturgy: Ondřej Hučín
Lights: Daniel Tesař

Offenbach’s final work is bizarre in terms of both content and origination. The composer set to music three short stories by the German fantasist and universal artist, and one of the fathers of European Romanticism, E. T. A. Hoffmann. He is also the central character of all the phantasmagoric stories, in which he seeks, finds and subsequently loses the dreamt-of and very uncertain image of the ideal women. Offenbach did not manage to complete his one and only opera, dying before it had its world premiere in 1881. Many people participated in revisions to Les contes d’Hoffmann, yet there is no definitive authorised version. However, the previous decade has brought surprising discoveries of original, previously unknown parts and drafts for this opera. As a result, plenty of scope for interpretation and invention has opened up for today’s opera-makers.

Appearing:

Hoffmann: Marc Laho / Valentin Prolat
Olympia: Jana Bernáthová /Martina Masaryková
Giulietta: Maida Hundeling / Jitka Svobodová
Antonia: Marie Fajtová / Katie Beth Van Kooten / Pavla Vykopalová
Nicklausse, La Muse: Kateřina Jalovcová / Atala Schöck
Coppélius, Dapertutto, Miracle, Lindorf: Donnie Ray Albert / Tomasz Konieczny
Spalanzani, Nathanaël: Jan Ježek / Richard Samek
Schlémil, Hermann: Aleš Hendrych / František Zahradníček
Crespel, Luther: Zdeněk Plech / Ondrej Mráz
Cochenille, Pitichinaccio, Frantz, Andres:Václav Lemberk / Jan Markvart
Voice of Antonia's mother: Stanislava Jirků / Yvona Škvárová

Orchestra, Choir and Ballet of the National Theatre Opera.