he sensational Diana Damrau makes her LA Opera debut in a tour-de-force performance as all four heroines in one of our most ravishing productions. Tenor Vittorio Grigolo returns as poet E.T.A. Hoffmann, whose boozy recollections of the women he has loved and lost set the plot in motion. Marta Domingo’s staging captures the half-remembered, half-fantasy dreamworld of Offenbach’s final masterpiece.

Urged on by his drinking buddies, Hoffmann recounts the stories of the fascinating women who captured his heart—wind-up doll Olympia, conniving Giulietta, fragile Antonia and elusive Stella. Hoffmann’s doomed pursuit of romance, foiled by sinister figures of darkness at every turn, ultimately lead him to a poet’s artistic salvation. Plácido Domingo conducts Offenbach’s compellingly luminous score.

CAST

• Hoffmann

  Vittorio Grigolo

• Antonia / Stella

  Diana Damrau*

• Giulietta

  Kate Aldrich

• Olympia

  So Young Park++

• Nicklausse / Muse

  Kate Lindsey

• The Four Villains Nicolas Testé*

• The Four Servants

  Christophe Mortagne*

• Voice of Antonia’s Mother

  Sharmay Musacchio

• Spalanzani

  Rodell Rosel

• Nathanael

  Brian Michael Moore+

• Hermann

  Theo Hoffman+

• Luther

  Kihun Yoon++

• Schlemil

  Daniel Armstrong++

• Crespel

  Nicholas Brownlee++

CREATIVE TEAM

• Conductor

  Plácido Domingo

• Conductor (April 6)

  Grant Gershon

• Production conceived and directed by

  Marta Domingo

• Scenery and Costume Design

  Giovanni Agostinucci

• Lighting Design

  Alan Burrett

• Chorus Director

  Grant Gershon

• Choreographer

  Kitty McNamee

• Fight Director

  Ed Douglas

* LA Opera debut artist

http://www.laopera.org/season/16-17-season/tales-of-hoffmann/