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Great Performances at the Met: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Benjamin Bernheim performs the title role of the tormented poet for Offenbach’s final work. Hoffmann’s trio of lovers are sung by Erin Morley as the mechanical doll Olympia, Pretty Yende as the plagued diva Antonia, and Clémentine Margaine as the Venetian seductress Giulietta.
TRANSCRIPT
A poets search for perfect love is doomed by the devil again and again in Offenbach' fantastical Tales of Hoffmann, Les Contes dHoffmann.
Benjamin Bernheim, Pretty Yende, Erin Morley, Clementine Margaine, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, and Christian Van Horn star in Bartlett Scheer' devilishly delicious production.
Look for “Les Contes dHoffmann” on Great Performances at the Met.