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New Production

The Royal Opera

THE TALES OF HOFFMANN

SUNDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2025 Screening starts 13.00 – DBN
(Venue opens 60 minutes before show for snacks/drinks)

Running time: 3 hours and 35 minutes long, including two intervals:

Juan Diego Flórez leads stellar cast in

Damiano Michieletto’s new five-star production of

The Tales of Hoffmann

• Creative team behind The Royal Opera’s new production of Carmen (2024) collaborate again on a new production of Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann, which opened to 5* reviews at the Royal Opera House in November 2024

• Cast includes Juan Diego Flórez, Ermonela Jaho, Olga Pudova and Marina Costa-Jackson

Award-winning director Damiano Michieletto directs a stellar cast in a new production of Offenbach’s dream-like opera The Tales of Hoffmann, coming to select cinemas worldwide from Wednesday 15 January 2025. Juan Diego Flórez will sing the role of poet E.T.A Hoffmann with Ermonela Jaho, Olga Pudova and Marina Costa-Jackson singing the poet’s trio of lovers. Alex Esposito sings the Four Villains and Julie Boulianne is Nicklausse.

Damiano Michieletto, Director of The Tales of Hoffmann, said:

‘I imagined Les Contes d’Hoffmann as a journey through time, a look into the different ages of the protagonist: the child, the boy, the already disillusioned young man, all represented by the female protagonists Olympia, Antonia, and Giulietta. Stella will end the story by destroying Hoffmann’s illusions, somehow as if she was the devil herself.  He will thus find himself alone, with all the symbols of his fantasy past world, all representing his poetic universe.’

Michieletto reunites with conductor Antonello Manacorda with whom he collaborated on The Royal Opera’s recent new production of Carmen (2024). The director’s career has seen him work with the world’s leading opera houses, including Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Teatro Real de Madrid, Oper Frankfurt, Paris Opera and Glyndebourne. His production of Cavalleria rusticana/Pagliacci for The Royal Opera won an Olivier Award in 2015.

The rest of the cast is comprised of Christopher Mortagne (Andrès / Cochenille / Frantz / Pitichinaccio); Vincent Ordonneau (Spalanzani); Alastair Miles (Crespel); Christine Rice (Muse of Poetry / Spirit of Antonia’s Mother); Jeremy White (Luther); and Jette Parker Artists Grisha Martirosyan (Hermann / Schlemil); and Ryan Vaughan Davies (Nathanael).

The creative team also includes set designer Paolo Fantin, costume designer Carla Teti, lighting designer Alessandro Carletti and choreographer Chiara Vecchi.

New Production

The Royal Opera

THE TALES OF HOFFMANN

Co-production with Opera Australia, Teatro la Fenice, Opéra de Lyon

Creatives

Music Jacques Offenbach

Libretto Jules Barbier

Director Damiano Michieletto

Set Designer Paolo Fantin

Costume Designer Carla Teti

Lighting Designer Alessandro Carletti

Choreographer Chiara Vecchi

Casting

Hoffmann Juan Diego Flórez

Lindorff/Coppélius/Dr Miracle/Dapertutto Alex Esposito

Olympia Olga Pudova*

Antonia Ermonela Jaho

Giulietta Marina Costa-Jackson*

Nicklausse Julie Boulianne

Andrès/Cochenille/Frantz/Pitichinaccio Christopher Mortagne

Spalanzani Vincent Ordonneau

Crespel Alastair Miles

Muse of Poetry/Spirit of Antonia’s Mother Christine Rice

Luther Jeremy White

Hermann/Schlemil Grisha Martirosyan

Nathanael Ryan Vaughan Davies**

Royal Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

*Indicates debut with The Royal Opera

**Jette Parker Artist

***

About The Royal Opera

The Royal Opera, under the artistic direction of Director of Opera, Oliver Mears and Music Director Designate, Jakub Hrůša, is one of the world’s leading opera companies. Based at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, it brings together the greatest singers of our time alongside the most exciting voices of the future; the Royal Opera Chorus, a world-class orchestra and leading conductors, directors and creative teams to share inspiring theatrical experiences with diverse audiences worldwide. Across the Main Stage and the Linbury Theatre, the Company is renowned for both its award-winning performances of repertory works and for commissioning new works by today’s leading opera composers, such as George Benjamin, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Thomas Adès and the late Kaija Saariaho.

About the Royal Ballet and Opera

At the Royal Ballet and Opera, we are making the extraordinary for everyone. Inspiring imagination and igniting emotion. We are a cultural powerhouse, bringing together two world-class performing companies in one of the UK’s leading arts institutions. Based at the Royal Opera House in the heart of London’s Covent Garden, our work is enjoyed by audiences in our two theatres and globally through our streaming platform, cinema Season and company tours. Our work in schools and communities up and down the country is driven by our curriculum linked programmes, specially designed to inspire creativity, broaden participation and diversify the future of opera and ballet. These sit alongside industry-leading talent development projects, regional partnerships, and a raft of daytime events, family activities, tours, exhibitions and concerts in our Covent Garden home. We are also expanding our audience through our flagship Young ROH scheme and are committed to reducing our impact on the environment and aim to achieve net zero emissions by 2035.

About RBO Cinema

Since 2008, our cinema programme has brought over 120 opera and ballet broadcasts to audiences across the globe. It now reaches more than 1,500 cinemas from the UK to New Zealand, bringing the best of our resident companies to the big screen. Each broadcast offers audiences the best seat in the house, and includes exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, interviews and insights into the rehearsal process. The programme forms an integral part of our plan to secure our future, expand audiences and continue to help facilitate the vital recovery of cinema domestically and internationally.

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