Travel Tip: Opera in France
Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Libretto by Jules Barbier after the drama by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre
Sung in French

Tomas Netopil, conductor
Robert Carsen,  Stage director 
Michael Levine:  Sets and costumes 
Jean Kalman: Lighting 
Philippe Giraudeau:  Choreography 
Patrick Marie Aubert: Chorus master 

Cast

Jane Archibald: Olympia
Sophie Koch: Giulietta
Ana Maria Martinez: Antonia
Kate Aldrich: La Muse, Nicklausse
Qiu Lin Zhang: Une voix
Stefano Secco: Hoffmann
Fabrice Dalis: Spalanzani
Cyrille Dubois: Nathanaël
Jean-Philippe Lafont: Luther, Crespel
Eric Huchet: Andrès, Cochenille, Pitichinaccio, Frantz
Franck Ferrari: Lindorf, Coppélius, Dapertutto, Miracle
Damien Pass: Hermann
Michal Partyka: Schlemil

Michael Levine: Sets and costumes 
Jean Kalman: Lighting 
Philippe Giraudeau:  Choreography 
Patrick Marie Aubert: Chorus master 

Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus