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JACQUES OFFENBACH - LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN / HOFFMANNS ERZÄHLUNGEN - THE TALES OF HOFFMANN / ROTTERDAM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, CARLO RIZZI / STAGED BY TOBIAS KRATZER / UNITEL CLASSICA / major / DVD Video
UPC 814337015282
Playtime is 165 Minutes
The "superb, sinister" Tales of Hoffmann at the Dutch National Opera with "excellent soloists, the impressive John Osborn" (Theaterkrant) and "Christine Rice, a vocally and physically voluptuous Giulietta" (bachtrack.com), "mezzo-soprano Irene Roberts, who plays and sings brilliantly" (Groene Amsterdammer) and "Erwin Schrott, singing the four villains for the first time, made it look like a blast." (bachtrack.com) "Les Contes d'Hoffmann is a parade of golden voices". (Volkskrant) Maestro Rizzi conducted with elegance and momentum the chorus and the excellent playing Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra". (Volkskrant) "Spectacular" (Trouw) "This production effortlessly fascinates from start to finish." (Theaterkrant)
CHORUS OF DUTCH NATIONAL OPERA ROTTERDAM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA CARLO RIZZI
LIGHTING DESIGN: BERND PURKRABEK
DRAMATURGY: KLAUS BERTISCH
CHORUS MASTER: CHING-LIEN WU
STAGE DIRECTOR TOBIAS KRATZER SET AND COSTUME DESIGN: RAINER SELLMAIER
Video Director: Misjel Vermeiren - Recorded live at Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam 2018
- FILMED IN HIGH DEFINITION
- MASTERED FROM AN HD SOURCE
- PICTURE FORMAT: NTSC 16:9
- SOUND FORMATS: PCM STEREO, DTS 5.1
- LANGUAGES: SUNG IN FRENCH (ORIGINAL LANGUAGE) WITH SUBTITLES IN GERMAN, ENGLISH, FRENCH, KOREAN, JAPANESE
- REGION CODE 0 (WORLDWIDE)
- TOTAL RUNNING TIME 165 MINS
