I love Kate Lindsey! This production in particular, I really felt the emotional complexities. The unrequited love (both romantic and artistic), the fear, the pain. This production really captured how a love of art and a love of a person can overlap and conflict. Hoffman was distracted from the music by Octavia but when Nicklaus put on her robe it was a reminder that Octavia also inspired Hoffman’s music. The muse feels abandoned but also takes on the part of the lover and Hoffman comes back because ultimately art is his only true love.
I love Kate Lindsey! This production in particular, I really felt the emotional complexities. The unrequited love (both romantic and artistic), the fear, the pain. This production really captured how a love of art and a love of a person can overlap and conflict. Hoffman was distracted from the music by Octavia but when Nicklaus put on her robe it was a reminder that Octavia also inspired Hoffman’s music. The muse feels abandoned but also takes on the part of the lover and Hoffman comes back because ultimately art is his only true love.
Saw this live-it was transcendental
Thank you so much for posting this so I can re-live it🥹
Do you have a clip of "Voyez-la sous son eventail"? Thanks for posting this one!
@@sophiawhite3106 not yet but planning on adding it!
@@mezzoboistan5436 Thanks! I really appreciate all the clips you have posted--I adore all these mezzo arias.