The Met Live in HD
Les Contes d' Hoffmann

Tony Award® winner Bartlett Sher (South Pacific) directs this new production, returning after the triumph of his Met Barber of Seville (seen live in HD in the 2006–07 season). Offenbach’s fictionalized take on the life and loves of the German Romantic writer E.T.A. Hoffmann is a fascinating psychological journey. Met Music Director James Levine conducts star tenor Rolando Villazón in the tour-de-force title role, with Anna Netrebko as the tragic Antonia, Elīna Garanča as the ambiguous Nicklausse, and René Pape as the demonic four villains.

Composer Jacques Offenbach
Libretto by Jules Barbier
Conductor James Levine
Production Bartlett Sher
Set Designer Michael Yeargan
Costume designer Catherine Zuber
Lighting Designer James F. Ingalls
Choreographer Dou Dou Huang
Olympia Kathleen Kim
Antonia Anna Netrebko
Giulietta Ekaterina Gubanova
Nicklausse / The Muse Elına Garanca
Hoffmann Rolando Villazón
Four villains René Pape

Production underwritten by the Hermione Foundation.

This event is sponsored by Red Wing Package Pavement.
The promotional sponsor is WMHT.

Our 2009/10 Met Opera: Live in HD broadcasts are made possible in large part though the generous support of the Jane W. Nuhn Charitable Trust, the Louis Greenspan Charitable Trust, the Dr. Edwin Ulrich Charitable Trust, the Benjamin R. Strong Opera Fund, and the Stephen and Julia Dunwell Fund of the Community Foundation of Dutchess County.