Lookbook: Les Contes D’Hoffmann – In HD From The Met

Check out these vibrant images from the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Offenbach’s Les contes d’Hoffmann, screening nationally from April 11.

Directed by Bartlett Sher and conducted by Yes Abel, Vittorio Grigolo takes the role of the poet Hoffman with Thomas Hampson as his nemesis. Erin Morley sings makes her debut as Olympia.

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Erin Morley as Olympia in Offenbach's "Les Contes d’Hoffmann." Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera
Erin Morley as Olympia in Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann.”
Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera

 

Vittorio Grigolo in the title role and Kate Lindsey as Nicklausse in Offenbach's "Les Contes d’Hoffmann." Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera
Vittorio Grigolo in the title role and Kate Lindsey as Nicklausse in Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann.”
Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera

 

Thomas Hampson as Dapertutto and Christine Rice as Giuletta in Offenbach's "Les Contes d’Hoffmann." Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera
Thomas Hampson as Dapertutto and Christine Rice as Giuletta in Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann.”
Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera

 

Vittorio Grigolo in the title role of Offenbach's "Les Contes d’Hoffmann." Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera
Vittorio Grigolo in the title role of Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann.”
Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera

 

Thomas Hampson as Lindorf in Offenbach's "Les Contes d’Hoffmann." Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera
Thomas Hampson as Lindorf in Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann.”
Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera

 

Vittorio Grigolo in the title role and Hibla Gerzmava as Antonia in Offenbach's "Les Contes d’Hoffmann." Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera
Vittorio Grigolo in the title role and Hibla Gerzmava as Antonia in Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann.”
Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera

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