Belle Nuit from Les Contes d'Hoffmann

The poet E.T.A. Hoffmann (200th anniversary of death in 2022) as the protagonist of his own fantastic tales: In his encounter with three women - Olympia, Antonia, and Giulietta - he searches in vain for love and for himself. Will he draw the strength for art from his failure in life? Or will he fail in himself, even in alcohol? Like in a kaleidoscope appear ever new constellations and shimmering colours of German romanticism and French esprit. Stage director Daniele Finzi Pasca brings an enchanting, fairy-tale-like spectacle to the stage with all the colourful means of theatrical magic. French star tenor Benjamin Bernheim shines in his role debut of Hoffmann: "Benjamin Bernheim&art of orchestrating timbre will continue to cause emotional turmoil for days to come for those who were able to experience this operatic bliss" (Süddeutsche Zeitung). ORCHESTRA Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg CONDUCTOR Kent Nagano TENOR Benjamin Bernheim SOPRANO Olga Peretyatko BASS-BARITONE Luca Pisaroni Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper CHORUS MASTER Eberhard Friedrich STAGE DIRECTOR Daniele Finzi Pasca STAGE DESIGN Hugo Gargiulo COSTUMES Giovanna Buzzi