Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Overview

Production of the Salzuberger Festspiele 2024. French director Mariame Clément will explore the relationship between art and real life by linking the three “tales” with individual stages of Hoffmann's biography as an artist in her production. This has decisive consequences for the female characters, or rather for the view of the images that Hoffmann projects onto Stella: the angelic but emotionally cold Olympia, who turns out to be a doll;

Cast

Benjamin Bernheim

Hoffmann

Kathryn Lewek

Stella/Olympia/Antonia/Giullietta

Christian van Horn

Lindorf/Coppelius/Dr. Miracle/Dapertutto

Kate Lindsey

The Muse/Nicolausse

Marc Mauillon

Andres/Cochenille/Frantz/Pitichinaccio

Géraldine Chauvet

Voice of the Mother

Michael Laurenz

Spalanzani

Jérôme Varnier

Crespel/Luther

Philippe-Nicolas Martin

Hermann/Peter Schlemihl

Marc Minkowski

Conductor