Cinematography:
Christopher ChallisComposer:
Jacques OffenbachCast:
Moira Shearer, Ludmila Tchérina, Ann Ayars, Pamela Brown, Joan Alexander, Mogens Wieth, Robert Helpmann, Philip Leaver, Arthur Skinner, Barry LoweVOD (1)
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Metropolitan opera star Robert Rounseville plays Hoffmann, a university student who is spectacularly unlucky in affairs of the heart. Each of his love affairs with Olympia (Moira Shearer), an animated doll, Venetian courtesan Giulietta (Ludmila Tcherina) and singer's daughter Antonia (Ann Ayars) is doomed to failure due to circumstances far beyond our hero's control. The entire film is shaped by Offenbach's score, given a rousing rendition by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of the legendary Sir Thomas Beecham. (StudioCanal UK)
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Those who know The Red Shoes will also be well prepared for The Tales of Hoffmann. However, this creative adaptation of Offenbach's famous opera is in many ways even more expressive, opulent, and, in short, bigger. The opera "The Tales of Hoffmann" (1881) is already a very interesting transcript of E. T. A. Hoffmann and it's completely wild. Probably the most famous piece is the aria of the robotic Olympia, which is one of the best numbers of many singers of the last 140 years. I highly recommend it.
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