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Offenbach: Les Contes D'Hoffmann (Les Contes d'Hoffmann)
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 (DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Seeking to exorcise the faiIure of his current Iove affair, the poet Hoffmann telIs the taIes of his three past loves - the doII-Iike OIympia, the high-class courtesan Guilietta, and the ambitious but deIicate Antonia - and recaIls how each was thwarted by the eviI influence of his rivaI. In this production by the distinguished fiIm director, John Schlesinger, with spectacuIar designs by Maria Bjornson and WiIIiam DudIey, Offenbach's nightmare worId is brought to life. The aIl-star cast is headed by Placido Domingo as Hoffmann: his three loves are lIeana Cotrubas, Agnes Baltsa and Luciana Serra and the Siegmund Nimsgern and NicoIa GhiuseIev. The score, which incIudes such favorites as the "BarcaroIIe" and the "DolI's Song", is conducted by Georges Pretre.
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