Intro
Tales of Hoffmann
Fantastic opera by Jacques Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach’s opéra fantastique »The Tales of Hoffmann« from 1881 is based on stories by the Romantic author E. T. A. Hoffmann, who also appears in the opera as a lovesick poet (and who functions as the narrator). In this sophisticated mashup of reality and imagination, he encounters his own literary figures: the mechanical doll Olympia, the artist Antonia and the courtesan Giulietta, none of whom prove to be the long-desired ideal lover. Employing a richly suggestive visual language, director Johannes Erath examines the fate of a man who longingly stretches out his hand for love, but who pulls back when it threatens to become real.
Premiere 4. December 2016
Les Contes d’Hoffmann / Tales of Hoffmann
Jacques Offenbach
Oct
2023
Nov
2023
Dates
Oct
2023
Nov
2023
Info
- 5 pm – 8.15 pm
- Intermission after 75 minutes
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Info
- 7 pm – 10.15 pm
- Intermission after 75 minutes
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Info
- 7 pm – 10.15 pm
- Intermission after 75 minutes
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Info
- 7 pm – 10.15 pm
- Intermission after 75 minutes
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Cast
Cast31. Oct 2023Change
- Conductor Frédéric Chaslin
- Staging Johannes Erath
- Set Design Heike Scheele
- Collaboration Set Design Norman Heinrich
- Costume Design Gesine Völlm
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Video Alexander Scherpink
- Choir André Kellinghaus
- Dramaturgy Anne Gerber
- Chordienst André Kellinghaus
- Hoffmann Eric Cutler
- Nicklausse / die Muse Štěpánka Pučálková
- Olympia Kathryn Lewek
- Antonia Hrachuhí Bassénz
- Giulietta Magdalena Anna Hofmann
- The vier Gegenspieler Egils Silins
- Andrès, Cochenille, Pitichinaccio, Frantz Aaron Pegram
- Luther Tilmann Rönnebeck
- Hermann Ilya Silchuk
- Nathanaël Simeon Esper
- Spalanzani Jürgen Müller
- Crespel Tilmann Rönnebeck
- Stimme der Mutter Michal Doron
- Schlemihl Ilya Silchuk
- Wilhelm Reinhold Schreyer-Morlock
Cast04. Nov 2023Change
- Conductor Frédéric Chaslin
- Staging Johannes Erath
- Set Design Heike Scheele
- Collaboration Set Design Norman Heinrich
- Costume Design Gesine Völlm
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Video Alexander Scherpink
- Choir André Kellinghaus
- Dramaturgy Anne Gerber
- Chordienst Christoph Heinig
- Hoffmann Eric Cutler
- Nicklausse / die Muse Štěpánka Pučálková
- Olympia Kathryn Lewek
- Antonia Hrachuhí Bassénz
- Giulietta Magdalena Anna Hofmann
- The vier Gegenspieler Egils Silins
- Andrès, Cochenille, Pitichinaccio, Frantz Aaron Pegram
- Luther Tilmann Rönnebeck
- Hermann Ilya Silchuk
- Nathanaël Simeon Esper
- Spalanzani Jürgen Müller
- Crespel Tilmann Rönnebeck
- Stimme der Mutter Michal Doron
- Schlemihl Ilya Silchuk
- Wilhelm Friedrich Darge
Cast08. Nov 2023Change
- Conductor Frédéric Chaslin
- Staging Johannes Erath
- Set Design Heike Scheele
- Collaboration Set Design Norman Heinrich
- Costume Design Gesine Völlm
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Video Alexander Scherpink
- Choir André Kellinghaus
- Dramaturgy Anne Gerber
- Chordienst Christoph Heinig
- Hoffmann Eric Cutler
- Nicklausse / die Muse Štěpánka Pučálková
- Olympia Kathryn Lewek
- Antonia Hrachuhí Bassénz
- Giulietta Magdalena Anna Hofmann
- The vier Gegenspieler Egils Silins
- Andrès, Cochenille, Pitichinaccio, Frantz Gideon Poppe
- Luther Tilmann Rönnebeck
- Hermann Ilya Silchuk
- Nathanaël Simeon Esper
- Spalanzani Jürgen Müller
- Crespel Tilmann Rönnebeck
- Stimme der Mutter Michal Doron
- Schlemihl Ilya Silchuk
- Wilhelm Reinhold Schreyer-Morlock
Cast16. Nov 2023Change
- Conductor Frédéric Chaslin
- Staging Johannes Erath
- Set Design Heike Scheele
- Collaboration Set Design Norman Heinrich
- Costume Design Gesine Völlm
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Video Alexander Scherpink
- Choir André Kellinghaus
- Dramaturgy Anne Gerber
- Chordienst André Kellinghaus
- Hoffmann Brett Sprague
- Nicklausse / die Muse Štěpánka Pučálková
- Olympia Kathryn Lewek
- Antonia Hrachuhí Bassénz
- Giulietta Magdalena Anna Hofmann
- The vier Gegenspieler Egils Silins
- Andrès, Cochenille, Pitichinaccio, Frantz Aaron Pegram
- Luther Tilmann Rönnebeck
- Hermann Ilya Silchuk
- Nathanaël Simeon Esper
- Spalanzani Jürgen Müller
- Crespel Tilmann Rönnebeck
- Stimme der Mutter Michal Doron
- Schlemihl Ilya Silchuk
- Wilhelm Friedrich Darge
Complete Cast
- Conductor Frédéric Chaslin
- Staging Johannes Erath
- Set Design Heike Scheele
- Collaboration Set Design Norman Heinrich
- Costume Design Gesine Völlm
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Video Alexander Scherpink
- Choir André Kellinghaus
- Dramaturgy Anne Gerber
- Chordienst André Kellinghaus(31. October, 16. November 2023), Christoph Heinig(04., 08. November 2023)
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