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Christopher ChallisMusique:
Jacques OffenbachActeurs·trices:
Moira Shearer, Ludmila Tchérina, Ann Ayars, Pamela Brown, Joan Alexander, Mogens Wieth, Robert Helpmann, Philip Leaver, Arthur Skinner, Barry LoweRésumés(1)
Dans un cabaret, assis à une table en attendant Stella, la jeune ballerine qu'il aime, Hoffmann raconte à ses amis ses trois fantastiques et malheureuses amours : Olympia, la poupée animée du Dr Coppelius, Giulietta, la courtisane de Venise, et enfin Antonia, la chanteuse phtisique. Trois femmes qui lui ont échappé pour un rival... (Les Acacias)
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Those who know The Red Shoes will also be well prepared for The Tales of Hoffmann. However, this creative adaptation of Offenbach's famous opera is in many ways even more expressive, opulent, and, in short, bigger. The opera "The Tales of Hoffmann" (1881) is already a very interesting transcript of E. T. A. Hoffmann and it's completely wild. Probably the most famous piece is the aria of the robotic Olympia, which is one of the best numbers of many singers of the last 140 years. I highly recommend it.
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