LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN – Royal Opera House Live (12A)
Sunday 20th November @ 2pm
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The Royal Opera’s lavish production of Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Offenbach’s masterpiece, is a favourite with audiences. Created by Academy Award-winning film director John Schlesinger, this production brings alive a 19th-century world of romance, comedy, mystery and menace.
At the centre of these extraordinary tales of clockwork dolls, magical glasses, ghostly voices and sensual courtesans is the vivid imagination of the drunken Romantic poet Hoffmann.
Charismatic young tenor Vittorio Grigolo is Hoffmann – compelled to tell the story of his lovers who, he believes, have all been stolen by a succession of arch villains. Superb baritone Thomas Hampson performs all four villains. The music includes the famous ‘Barcarolle’ and the stunning showpiece numbers are perfect vehicles for the vocal virtuosity of Sofia Fomina as the clockwork doll Olympia, Christine Rice as the courtesan Giulietta, and Sonya Yoncheva as Hoffmann’s last love Antonia.
SUNG IN FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
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THE NUTCRACKER: The Royal Ballet (12A)
Tuesday 12th December @ 7:15pm
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RUSALKA: The Royal Opera (12A)
Wednesday 24th January @ 6:45pm
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DEAR ENGLAND
Thursday 25th January @ 7:00pm
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MANON: The Royal Ballet (12A)
Wednesday 7th February @ 7:15pm
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VANYA
Wednesday 28th February @ 8:00pm
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MADAMA BUTTERFLY: The Royal Opera (12A)
Tuesday 26th March @ 7:15pm
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MACMILLAN TRIPLE: The Royal Ballet (12A)
Tuesday 9th April @ 7:15pm
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SWAN LAKE: The Royal Ballet (12A)
Wednesday 24th April @ 7:15pm
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CARMEN: The Royal Opera (12A)
Wednesday 1st May @ 6:45pm
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THE WINTER’S TALE: The Royal Ballet (12A)
Wednesday 22nd May @ 7:15pm
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MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE: Sadler’s Wells & Universal Music UK (12A)
Thursday 30th May @ 7:20pm
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ANDREA CHENIER: The Royal Opera (12A)
Tuesday 11th June @ 7:15pm
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