Les contes d'Hoffmann / by Jacques Offenbach ; Associación Bilbaina de Amigos de la Ópera, 54th opera season ; from the Palacio Euskalduna de Bilbao, an Opus Arte, Associación Bilbaina de Amigos de la Ópera (ABAO) production, in association with TVE.

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In a tavern in Nuremberg, The Muse appears and reveals to the audience that her purpose is to draw the poet Hoffmann's attention to herself, and to make him abjure all other loves, so he can be devoted fully to her: poetry. She takes the appearance of Hoffmann's closest friend, Nicklausse. The prima donna Stella, Hoffmann's current inamorata, sends him a letter requesting a meeting in her dressing room after her performance. The letter is intercepted by Councillor Lindorf, Hoffmann's nemesis, who intends to replace Hoffmann at the rendezvous. In the tavern, Lindorf coaxes Hoffmann into telling about his life's three great loves: Olympia (an automaton), Antonia (an aspiring singer), and Giulietta (a courtesan). Afterward Hoffmann, drunk, swears he will never love again, and explains that Olympia, Antonia, and Giulietta are three facets of the same person, Stella. Hoffmann says he doesn't want to love any more, so Nicklausse reveals herself as the Muse and reclaims Hoffmann: "Be reborn a poet! I love you, Hoffmann! Be mine!"

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Stage director, Giancarlo del Monaco ; set and costume designer, Michael Scott ; lighting designer, Wolfgang von Zoubek.

Aquiles Machado (Hoffmann), Konstantin Gorny (Lindorf, Coppelius, Dr. Miracle, Dapertutto), Katharine Goeldner (Nicklausse, The Muse), Maria Bayo (Antonia), Valentina Kutzarova (Giulietta), Milagros Poblador (Olympia), Christophe Fel (Luther, Crespel), Christian Jean (Spalanzani), Itxaro Mentxaka (Antonia's mother), Jose Ruiz (Andres, Cochenille, Frantz, Pitichinaccio), Marco Moncloa (Hermann, Schlemil), Manuel de Diego (Nathanael), Itziar Fernandez de Unda (Stella), David Aguayo Marques (Bass voice) ; Chorus of Opera de Bilbao, chorus master Boris Dujin ; Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa, musical director Alain Guingal.

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