Offenbach:Tales Of Hoffmann 2016 Blu-ray Top-quality Free UK shipping

Bregenz’s Tales of Hoffmann is different from everything you’ve seen before. The New York Times praised the ‘thoughtfulness and creativity’ of Stefan Herheim’s new production, devised by the director as a search for one’s own self in a sparkling drag show. A ‘shining-tone’ (NYT) Hoffmann is embodied by tenor Daniel Johansson in the title role. He is supported by a fantastic cast: ‘Rachel Frenkel is positively ideal as Muse and Niklausse’ (Kurier), Kerstin Avemo as Olympia is ‘endowed with brilliant, cheekily extemporized coloraturas’ (Neue Zrcher Zeitung), Michael Volle sings the parts of Lindorf, Coppelius, Dr. Miracle and Dappertutto, ‘the work’s four villains, with warmth and intensity’ (NYT) and Mandy Fredrich is a ‘finely phrased Antonia’ (Kurier).Review
For this Bregenz performance, director Herheim and musical director Johannes Debus have collaborated to create their own riveting adaptation of a score fertile in ideas that just fizz with energy…This is a production where one senses a group of performers totally at one with the director’s vision. Stefan Herheim and his designers draw you in to this eminently creative and dazzlingly compelling production of Offenbach’s operatic masterpiece superbly performed by an impressive team of soloists. –Music Web, Mar’17