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Composer:
Jacques Offenbach

Artist(s):
Patricia Petibon
Nicolas Cavallier

Conductor:
Patrick Davin

Background: Offenbach's masterpiece, based on three stories by the German author ETA Hoffmann, is both a three-act opera and a trilogy of taut, individual dramas, all rolled into one. This Geneva production from 2002 features baritone Marc Laho in the tour-de-force triple villain roles, with three different standout sopranos as the tales' three heroines. French producer Olivier Py caused an uproar among Geneva operagoers with a staging of Tales of Hoffmann that features full-frontal male and female nudity and simulated on-stage lesbian and heterosexual sex.Audiences were left "gasping, giggling or reduced to stunned silence" by the production, which interprets the popular opera as an indictment of capitalist society.

Py adds several simulated sex acts, including one between the poet Hoffman and the life-sized doll Olympia as she sings her main aria. Soprano Patricia Petitbon is a major tour de force as she sings Olympia wearing only a transparent body stocking in a Venetian bordello.

CATALOGUE NR: BAC049
RECORD LABEL: Bel Air Classiques
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 28.99
RELEASE DATE: 24-Aug-2009

COMPOSER: Jacques Offenbach
TITLE: Les Contes d' Hoffmann - complete
TRACKS: The tales of Hoffmann. Bonus - After the show / interview with Oliver Py.
ORCHESTRA: Suisse Romande Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Patrick Davin
ARTISTS: Patricia Petibon   Nicolas Cavallier   Marc Laho   Stella Doufexis

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: PCM Stereo DTS 5.1 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 197 minutes / Recorded: 2002 staged by Olivier Py / Subtitles: English French German Spanish

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