opera notebook
some operas I have seen on videoJacques Offenbach, Les Contes d'Hoffmann (1881)
libretto by Jules Barbier
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 1981
- Conductor: Georges Prêtre
- Director: John Schlesinger
- Set Designer: William Dudley
- Hoffmann: Placido Domingo
- Olympia: Luciana Serra
- Giulietta: Agnes Baltsa
- Antonia: Ileana Cotrubas
- Nicklaus: Claire Powell