Met Opera 2024-25: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
COMPOSER: Jacques Offenbach
CONDUCTOR: Marco Armiliato
PRODUCTION: Bartlett Sher
SET DESIGNER: Michael Yeargan
COSTUME DESIGNER: Catherine Zuber
LIGHTING DESIGNER: James F. Ingalls
CHOREOGRAPHER: Dou Dou Huang
REVIVAL STAGE DIRECTOR: Gina Lapinski
CAST: Erin Morley, Pretty Yende, Clémentine Margaine, Vasilia Berzhanskaya, Benjamin Bernheim, Aaron Blake, Christian Van Horn
RUN TIME: 225 minutes
Offenbach’s fantastical opera kicks off the Metropolitan Opera’s season of Live in HD performance transmissions, starring French tenor Benjamin Bernheim in the title role of the tormented poet. Joining Bernheim is American soprano Erin Morley as Olympia, South African soprano Pretty Yende as Antonia, and French mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine as Giulietta to complete Hoffmann’s trio of lovers. Marco Armiliato conducts Bartlett Sher’s evocative production, which also features American bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as the Four Villains and Russian mezzo-soprano Vasilisa Berzhanskaya in her company debut as Nicklausse.