Les Contes D'Hoffmann

Plot Summary

Among DVDs of "Hoffmann" currently available, this is the only one that even begins to stand comparison with the superlative Powell and Pressburger film (whose ideas it occasionally borrows). Olivier Py's baroque imagination, which sometimes leads him into self-indulgence and incoherence, is well suited to bringing out this opera's darkness and he does an excellent job

Top Cast

Marc Laho Hoffmann

Stella Doufexis La Muse / Nicklausse

Nicolas Cavallier Lindorf / Coppélius / Miracle / Dapertutto

Eric Huchet Andrès / Cochenille / Frantz / Pittichinaccio

Patricia Petibon Olympia