
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
Marc Laho
Hoffmann
Stella Doufexis
La Muse / Nicklausse
Nicolas Cavallier
Lindorf / Coppélius / Miracle / Dapertutto
Eric Huchet
Andrès / Cochenille / Frantz / Pittichinaccio
Patricia Petibon
Olympia
Rachel Harnisch
Antonia

Maria Riccarda Wesseling
Giuletta

Nadine Denize
La voix de la mère d'Antonia
Francisco Vas
Spalanzani
Bernard Deletré
Schlémil
René Schirrer
Luther

Gilles Cachemaille
Crespel

Aida - San Francisco Opera
Aida - San Francisco Opera

Mozart: Don Giovanni (Zurich Opera House)
Mozart: Don Giovanni (Zurich Opera House)

Tosca
Tosca

The Metropolitan Opera: L’Amour de Loin
The Metropolitan Opera: L’Amour de Loin

Carmen
Carmen

The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel

The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca
The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca

The Metropolitan Opera: Luisa Miller
The Metropolitan Opera: Luisa Miller

The Ghosts of Versailles
The Ghosts of Versailles

The Metropolitan Opera: Aida
The Metropolitan Opera: Aida

The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni

H.M.S. Pinafore
H.M.S. Pinafore