Tales Of Hoffmann News

 
The Tales of Hoffmann is fantasy stuff
The Independent
Indeed, the writer's absence from his own legacy is so striking that Richard Jones, the director of English National Opera's new production of The Tales of Hoffmann, has apparently recommended to his lead tenor, Barry Banks, that he need not read the ...


 
Telegraph.co.uk
Tales of Hoffman: The elusive alchemy that animates an opera
Telegraph.co.uk
Richard Jones, the director and designer of the Coliseum-bound 'Tales of Hoffmann', talks to Rupert Christiansen. By Rupert Christiansen I once listened to an opera designer who was raging that he had dreamed up all the ideas for a particular ...


 
THE TALES OF HOFFMANN, SEMELE, et.al. Set for Canadian Opera Company
Broadway World
THE TALES OF HOFFMANN, SEMELE, and more are set for upcoming performances with the Canadian Opera Company. The opening of the Canadian Opera Company's spring season sparkles as Jacques Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann returns to the COC for the first ...


 
Episode 115 - Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Tales Of Hoffman
CriterionCast.com (blog)
By Ryan Gallagher On February 3, 2012 At 2:30 pm · This week on the podcast, the team is joined by West Anthony to finish their month-long Technicolor arc by discussing Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Tales Of Hoffman.


 
Noozhawk
Gerald Carpenter: Santa Barbara Music Club Still Giving It Away
Noozhawk
... and four arias sung by soprano Deborah Bertling with pianist Richard Weiss — “Psyche” by Émile Paladilhe, “Vilia” from Franz Lehar's ever-popular operetta The Merry Widow, “Belle nuit” from Jacques Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann and “Je veux vivre” ...


 
Marta Eggerth, Operetta Superstar, Turning 100
Huffington Post
By age 12 the wunderkind had a broad repertoire which featured "Olympia's Aria" from Jacques Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann. Marta's gorgeous voice, charming acting and striking appearance attracted filmmakers while she was still in her teens.


 
New York Times
Theater Listings: Feb. 10 — 16
New York Times
(Rooney) 'Death of a Salesman' (previews start on Monday; opens on March 15) Following in the footsteps of Brian Dennehy, Dustin Hoffman, George C. Scott and Lee J. Cobb, just to name his Broadway predecessors in the role, Philip Seymour Hoffman slips ...

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