Offenbach LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN Salzburg 2003

Hoffmann: Neil Shicoff
Niclas/Muse: Angelika Kirchschlager
Olimpia: Lubica Vargicova
Antonia: Krassimira Stoyanova
Giullietta: Waltraud Meier
4 bad guys: Ruggero Raimondi
4 servants: Jeffrey Francis
Antonia's Mother: Marjana Lipovsek
Spalanzani: Robert Tear
Crespel: Kurt Rydl
Wiener Philharmoniker
conductor: Kent Nagano
stage director: David McVicar
TV broadcast

[@franzwallner4281]

Was für ein schönes Geschenk ! Thank you for bringing this wonderful opera !
Great production. Marvelous singing ! I m happy.

[@TheMrFarkle]

What a darling personable Olympia! This production brought tears to my eyes.

[@backroomcircus]

Splendide production !!!!

[@petercallahan7321]

This is one of my favorite productions of the opera. Some of the soloists are miscast, but everyone is keyed in and giving their all.

[@TheWolfD]

Thanks!!!! This is one of the best productions by McVicar!!!! 🤩🤩🤩

[@SSMolchanov]

Lubica Vargicova - divine

[@hoodroberts]

Neil Shicoff -- Best Hoffmann ever!!

[@operaarchive2559]

Absolutely true!

[@irmar]

What's the point of posting an opera video on low resolution and too low sound? I put everything on maximum and could barely hear them at times. Frustrating.

[@franzwallner4281]

please consider using earphones

[@franzleiermann4955]

Who the hell contracted Raimondi to sing the baritone parts?

[@Василиса-р5л]

Руджеро Раймонди - баритон..... Джанни Раймонди тенор....

[@КапитанПантоха]

He is indeed awful 😊

[@AbnerIMAlvarado]

9:25 start

[@Dylonely42]

Thank you.

[@cuentaguilar]

49:08

[@Ernie1]

Interesting production. Too bad the Hoffman is a disappointment. He seems to have no other volume but loud. Even in most of the more lyrical moments he attacks them like a bull in a china shop. His singing lacks sensitivity as well as a fine legato, so needed in this music.

[@theonewhoknocks6353]

Neil Shicoff has always been the go to Hoffmann. He is Hoffmann. He has been singing Hoffmann from the 80s and has only recently stopped performing (2015).

[@christophesingio9801]

Raimondi TRES TRES fatigué....

[@94Ryuma]

Exactement ce que j'allais écrire...ça fait de la peine.

[@NYCOPERAFAN]

Almost inaudible.

[@franzwallner4281]

I m happyli using my headphones.

[@Dylonely42]

58:55