The poet Hoffmann and his friend Nicklausse meet a group of students who ask the former to tell them his three greatest love stories: Olympia, Antonia and Giulietta. Which one of them does the poet truly love? In this new production from Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, the acclaimed American tenor John Osborn plays the title role of Hoffmann alongside some of the greatest female singers of the moment of the likes of Ermonela Jaho. The production is signed by the young award-winning German director Tobias Kratzer and conducted by Carlo Rizzi. Streamed on OperaVision on 28 June 2018 at 19:00 CET and for 3 months : http://bit.ly/ContesdHoffmannEN CAST Olympia: Nina Minasyan Antonia: Ermonela Jaho Giulietta: Christine Rice La Muse / Nicklausse: Irene Roberts The Voice of Antonia's Mother: Eva Kroon Hoffmann: John Osborn Lindorf / Coppelius / Dr Miracle / Dapertutto: Erwin Schrott Spalanzani: Rodolphe Briand Crespel / Luther: Paul Gay Peter Schlémil: François Lis Andrès / Cochenille / Frantz / Pittichinaccio: Sunnyboy Dladla Nathanaël: Mark Omvlee Hermann: Frederik Bergman Wilhelm: Alexander de Jong - DNO talent The captain of the Henchmen: Peter Arink Chorus: Dutch National Opera Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Music: Jacques Offenbach Conductor: Carlo Rizzi Director: Tobias Kratzer Set Designer: Rainer Sellmaier Costume Designer: Rainer Sellmaier Dramaturg: Klaus Bertisch Rehearsal director: Ching-Lien Wu SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE WEBSITE https://operavision.eu/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/OperaVisionEU/ TWITTER https://twitter.com/OperaVision_EU INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/.EU/ LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN, Opéra in five acts by Jacques Offenbach. Libretto by Jules Barbier Based on the play by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré Edited by Michael Kaye and Jean-Christophe Keck © SCHOTT MUSIC, Mainz, Germany