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Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann from Covent Garden
19th Dec 2025
Stuffed with references to films including Moulin Rouge, Casino Royale and Mary Poppins, Damiano Michieletto’s surreal, absinthe-drenched production of Offenbach's final opera is the perfect dark Christmas treat, with Juan Diego Flórez heading a superb cast as the eponymous poet and barfly.
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Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann (Blu-ray)
Juan Diego Flórez (Hoffmann), Ermonela Jaho (Antonia), Alex Esposito (Lindorf/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto), Julie Boulianne (Nicklausse), Olga Pudova (Olympia), Marina Costa-Jackson (Giulietta), Christine Rice (Muse) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonello Manacorda, Damiano Michieletto
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Véronique Gens and Offenbach's Divas
17th Oct 2025
The great tragédienne lets her hair down in a sparkling programme of excerpts from Offenbach's comic operas, including La belle Hélène, La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein and La Périchole.
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Offenbach's La Périchole from Marc Minkowski
28th Jun 2019
One of the composer’s great champions celebrates last week’s bicentenary in style with the first period-instrument recording of this 1868 opéra bouffe about a couple of down-at-heel street-performers who are coerced into a drunken sham marriage.
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Offenbach: La Périchole
Aude Extrémo (La Périchole), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Piquillo), Alexandre Duhamel (Don Andrès de Ribeira), Eric Huchet (Le comte de Panatellas), Marc Mauillon (Don Pedro de Hinoyosa) Les Musiciens du Louvre, Chœur de l'Opéra National de Bordeaux, Marc Minkowski
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Jacques Offenbach
21st Mar 2015
Katherine explores beyond the Barcarolle and the Can-Can to uncover some neglected gems…
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Les Contes d'Hoffmann - CD Choice
Joan Sutherland (Antonia/Stella/Giulietta/Olympia), Plácido Domingo (Hoffmann), Gabriel Bacquier (Coppélius/Dapertutto/Lindorf/Miracle), Huguette Tourangeau (Nicklausse), Hugues Cuénod (Franz) Suisse Romande Choir & Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
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