Les Contes D'Hoffmann

Among DVDs of "Hoffmann" currently available, this is the only one that even begins to stand comparison with the superlative Powell and Pressburger film (whose ideas it occasionally borrows). Olivier Py's baroque imagination, which sometimes leads him into self-indulgence and incoherence, is well suited to bringing out this opera's darkness and he does an excellent job

• Olivier PyDirector
• Jacques OffenbachOriginal Music Composer
• Jules BarbierWriter
• Philippe BéziatDirector

• Marc LahoHoffmann
• Stella DoufexisLa Muse / Nicklausse
• Nicolas CavallierLindorf / Coppélius / Miracle / Dapertutto
• Eric HuchetAndrès / Cochenille / Frantz / Pittichinaccio
• Patricia PetibonOlympia
• Rachel HarnischAntonia
• Maria Riccarda WesselingGiuletta
• Nadine DenizeLa voix de la mère d'Antonia
• Francisco VasSpalanzani
• Bernard DeletréSchlémil
• René SchirrerLuther
• Gilles CachemailleCrespel