Les Contes d’Hoffmann • Jacques Offenbach • from 15 to 31 March 2023
Jacques Offenbach‘s opera Les Contes d’Hoffmann is divided into 5 acts. The three short stories The Sandman, Rat Krespel and The Story of the Lost Mirror Image from The Adventures of New Year’s Eve by E. T. A. Hoffmann formed the basis for the libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. The opera The Tales of Hoffmann premiered in Paris in 1881.
It was the second opera by Offenbach, who normally wrote operettas. Jacques Offenbach died before the opera was completed. Later Ernest Guiraud completed the opera.
Teatro alla Scala New Production
Opera fantastique in a prologue, three acts and a epilogue
Libretto by Jules Barbier
Teatro alla Scala New Production
Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor • Frédéric Chaslin
Staging • Davide Livermore
Sets • Giò Forma
Costumes • Gianluca Falaschi
Lights • Antonio Castro
Video • D-Wok
CAST
Olympia • Federica Guida
Giulietta • Francesca Di Sauro
Antonia/Stella • Eleonora Buratto
Hoffmann • Vittorio Grigolo
Lindorf/Coppelius/Dottor Miracle/Dapertutto • Ildar Abdrazakov
Nicklausse/La Muse • Marina Viotti
Luther/Crespel • Hugo Laporte
Andrés/Cochenille/Frantz/Pitichinacchio • François Piolino
Hermann/Schlemil • Alfonso Antoniozzi
Spalanzani/Nathanael • Yann Beuron
Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Via Filodrammatici, 2, Milan
Les Contes d'Hoffmann, opera by Jacques Offenbach on stage at the Teatro alla Scala from 15 to 31 March 2023. Select between an essential package with opera tickets and a hotel or our superior package with an exclusive complementing program that includes a walking tour with a private guide in your language, a visit to the museum of the Teatro alla Scala, a gourmet dinner, and an aperitif with a light meal before the performance.
