09 Aug 2009
Saint Louis Blues
This sweet musical takes us on a cross-country trip through Senegal, from Dakar to Saint Louis in a battered taxi, as passengers sing their stories.
The Metropolitan Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann
Offenbach's opera in a live performance from The Metropolitan Opera, New York, 31 January 2015
New tenor star Vittorio Grigolo takes on the title role in Offenbach’s fantastical opera, giving a tour-de-force performance as the tortured poet unlucky in love. He is joined by a trio of leading ladies: Erin Morley sings the mechanical doll Olympia, Hibla Gerzmava is the fragile Antonia, and Christine Rice sings Giulietta, the Venetian courtesan. Bartlett Sher’s colorful production, seen here in its second Live in HD presentation, also stars Thomas Hampson as the sinister Four Villains and Kate Lindsey as Niklausse, Hoffmann’s friend and muse. Yves Abel conducts.
Top Billed Cast
Vittorio Grigolo Hoffmann
Kate Lindsey The Muse of Poetry / Nicklausse
Thomas Hampson Lindorf / Coppélius / Dr. Miracle / Dappertutto
Хибла Герзмава Stella / Antonia
Erin Morley Olympia
Christine Rice Giulietta
Tony Stevenson Andrès / Cochenille / Frantz / Pitichinaccio
David Pittsinger Luther / Crespel
David Crawford Hermann / Schlémil
Dennis Petersen Nathanael / Spalanzani
Olesya Petrova Antonia's mother
Deborah Voigt Self - Host
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