by Louis Erlo · ARTHAUS · DVD · EAN 4006680101903
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«Des contes d'Hoffmann» is the movie by Pierre Cavassilas (1993), starring Natalie Dessay, Barbara Hendricks and José van Dam, on DVD.
Jacques Offenbach's opera tells of the amorous misfortunes of the poet Hoffmann, who evokes Olympia, Antonia and Giulietta while his antagonist adopts different names; this five-act version, with a libretto by Jules Barbier based on the play by Barbier and Michel Carré, was recorded at the Opéra National de Lyon under the musical direction of Kent Nagano.
The recording is in French, with subtitles in German, English, French and Spanish; it runs 122 minutes, with PAL format, region 2/5, 4:3 picture and PCM stereo sound.
For fans of opera and staged video recordings from the 1990s.
