Title Les Contes d'Hoffmann = The tales of Hoffmann / by Jacques Offenbach ; libretto by Barbier and Carré ; BBC-TV production in association with Covent Garden Video Productions ; director, Brian Large ; produced by John Schlesinger.

Publication Info.	[Place of publication not identified] : Castle Vision, [1981]
	©1981

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Library Office	VIDEO 792.542 LES CONTES D'HOFFMAN	Check Shelf

Description	2 videocassettes (148 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..
Series	Castle opera
System Details	VHS.
Cast	Placido Domingo (Hoffman), Ileana Cotrubas (Antonia), Agnes Baltsa (Giulietta), Luciana Serra (Olympia), Robert Lloyd, Geraint Evans, Nicola Ghiuselev.
Credits	Performed by the Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; conductor, Georges Prêtre ; music director, Sir Colin Davis ; chorus master, John Barker.
Note	Performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on January 2, 1981.
	Based on the stories of E.T.A. Hoffman.
Summary	Seeking to exorcise the failure of his current love affair, the poet Hoffmann tells the tales of his three past loves and recalls how each was thwarted by the evil influence of his rival.
Language	Sung in French.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Operas.
	Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822 -- Drama.
Added Author	Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
	Cotrubas, Ileana.
	Baltsa, Agnes.
	Serra, Luciana.
	Lloyd, Robert, 1940-
	Evans, Geraint, 1922-1992.
	Gi︠u︡zelev, Nikola, 1936-2014
	Prêtre, Georges.
	Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822.
	Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. Contes d'Hoffman.
	Royal Opera House (London, England). Chorus.
	Royal Opera House (London, England). Orchestra.
	Covent Garden Video Productions.
	Castle Vision (Firm)
	British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
Added Title	Tales of Hoffmann
Music No.	CV 2045 Castle Vision

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