JACQUES OFFENBACH - LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN / HOFFMANNS ERZÄHLUNGEN - THE TALES OF HOFFMANN / ROTTERDAM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, CARLO RIZZI / STAGED BY TOBIAS KRATZER / UNITEL CLASSICA / major / DVD Video

UPC 814337015282

Playtime is 165 Minutes 

The "superb, sinister" Tales of Hoffmann at the Dutch National Opera with "excellent soloists, the impressive John Osborn" (Theaterkrant) and "Christine Rice, a vocally and physically voluptuous Giulietta" (bachtrack.com), "mezzo-soprano Irene Roberts, who plays and sings brilliantly" (Groene Amsterdammer) and "Erwin Schrott, singing the four villains for the first time, made it look like a blast." (bachtrack.com) "Les Contes d'Hoffmann is a parade of golden voices". (Volkskrant) Maestro Rizzi conducted with elegance and momentum the chorus and the excellent playing Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra". (Volkskrant) "Spectacular" (Trouw) "This production effortlessly fascinates from start to finish." (Theaterkrant)

CHORUS OF DUTCH NATIONAL OPERA ROTTERDAM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA CARLO RIZZI

LIGHTING DESIGN: BERND PURKRABEK

DRAMATURGY: KLAUS BERTISCH

CHORUS MASTER: CHING-LIEN WU

STAGE DIRECTOR TOBIAS KRATZER SET AND COSTUME DESIGN: RAINER SELLMAIER

Video Director: Misjel Vermeiren - Recorded live at Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam 2018

• FILMED IN HIGH DEFINITION
• MASTERED FROM AN HD SOURCE
• PICTURE FORMAT: NTSC 16:9
• SOUND FORMATS: PCM STEREO, DTS 5.1
• LANGUAGES: SUNG IN FRENCH (ORIGINAL LANGUAGE) WITH SUBTITLES IN GERMAN, ENGLISH, FRENCH, KOREAN, JAPANESE
• REGION CODE 0 (WORLDWIDE)
• TOTAL RUNNING TIME 165 MINS