[ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray ]
Release Date: Friday 25 February 2022
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Suitable for General AudiencesBenjamin Bernheim is tenor perfection. ... Such a reflective and capable singer is not to be found anywhere else on this earth at present. (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
A tenor star lesson for the history books (Concerti)
Fairytale theatre magic with a great Benjamin Bernheim in the leading role. (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
Poet E.T.A. Hoffmann (200th anniversary of death in 2022) as the protagonist of his own fantastic tales: In his encounter with three women - Olympia, Antonia and Giulietta - he searches in vain for love and for himself. Will he draw strength for art from his failure in life? Or will he fail in himself, drown in alcohol? Like in a kaleidoscope appear ever-new constellations and shimmering colours of German romanticism and French esprit.
Stage director Daniele Finzi Pasca brings an enchanting, fairy-tale-like spectacle to the stage with all the colourful means of theatrical magic. French star tenor Benjamin Bernheim shines in his role debut of Hoffmann: "Benjamin Bernheim's art of orchestrating timbre will continue to cause emotional turmoil for days to come for those who were able to experience this operatic bliss" (Süddeutsche Zeitung).
"Nagano sweeps it all along with sensuality and verve; the Hamburg orchestra is on colourful form and for a staging that is (essentially) a piece of glorious escapism, it leaves you with a surprising amount to ponder." Gramophone Magazine April 2022 - Editor's Choice