If the curtain goes up at six o’clock and comes down again at just before ten, a director has plenty of scope to explore nooks and crannies - and operas are not short of those. Roll in the fact that ...

When I read the synopsis for the Skylight's "Tales of Hoffman," I said, "Well, that can't be right." But the woman sitting next to me assured me that a poet falling in love with a mechanical doll and ...

ST. PETERSBURG — A pair of dancers cavort with Dionysian zeal as nearby revelers sing drinking songs. That's how The Tales of Hoffmann starts, and it's an indication of the lengths the St. Petersburg ...

Never mind: this is where we are, so how well are the tales of the poet’s three loves and the frame in which a fourth battles it out with a demon and a muse sung, played and directed? There are some ...

But tears flowed once more at the portrayal of Antonia, Hoffmann’s doomed second love. The young woman is bed-bound; she uses crutches and a wheelchair to mobilize. Pained is her countenance, for she ...

Palm Beach Opera continued its 62 nd mainstage season on Friday with a performance of “The Tales of Hoffmann,” by Jacques Offenbach, at the Kravis Center. Before the performance began, there was an ...

Opera in Williamsburg presents: The Tales of Hoffmann by Offenbach, with English subtitles. Opera in Williamsburg presents: The Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach. A beautiful fantasy of the ...