Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann [The Tales of Hoffmann] (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY
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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann [The Tales of Hoffmann] (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY
Bregenz Festival / Daniel Johansson, Kerstin Avemo, Mandy Fredrich, Rachel Frenkel, Michael Volle / Johannes Debus (cond)
[ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc ]
Release Date: Monday 1 August 2016
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Bregenz's Tales of Hoffmann is different from everything you've seen before. The New York Times praised the "thoughtfulness and creativity" of Stefan Herheim's new production, devised by the director as a search for one's own self in a sparkling drag show. A "shining-toned" (NYT) Hoffmann is embodied by tenor Daniel Johansson in the title role. He is supported by a fantastic cast: "Rachel Frenkel is positively ideal as Muse and Niklausse" (Kurier), Kerstin Avemo as Olympia is "endowed with brilliant, cheekily extemporized coloraturas" (Neue Zürcher Zeitung), Michael Volle sings the parts of Lindorf, Coppelius, Dr. Miracle and Dappertutto, "the work's four villains, with warmth and intensity" (NYT) and Mandy Fredrich is a "finely phrased Antonia" (Kurier).
Sound Format Blu-ray: DTS-HD MA 5.0, PCM 2.0
Picture 16:9, HD
"Johansson's big-voice Hoffmann lacks a genuine pianissimo but phrases elegantly…Fredrich and Frenkel are nicely stylish…playing and choral singing are both excellent" (Gramophone)
