Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Jacques Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach composed more than 100 operas and operettas, most of them with unique wit and biting satire, original and inspired. At the end of his illustrious career in Paris, which stretched over five decades, he turned to his most ambitious operatic work Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), an opéra fantastique based on a play that premiered in 1881.
The audience is immersed in a world full of odd characters and situations, fantastic elements with several demonic, breathtaking moments and a vital, rich score. The title character, modelled on the complex Romantic writer E.T.A. Hoffmann, finds himself among his own stories, fascinated equally by art and by love, attracted by the female characters and duped by his rivals. Director Lydia Steier with her team and the conductor Bertrand de Billy will collaborate to produce an opulent scenic and musical realization.
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Coproduction with the MusikTheater an der Wien
Insight before the premiere on 10th November 2025
Age recommendation: as of 14 years
In French language with German and English surtitles
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Unter den Linden 710117 Berlin
11.00 EUR - 115.00 EUR
From 14 years