Les Contes d'Hoffmann (2018)

No colourful tavern scenes and Venetian gondolas in this new Amsterdam production of Offenbach’s Les Contes d'Hoffmann. Off-white and black dominate its three-floor set of many rooms. Moreover, this three-hour version assembled by conductor Carlo Rizzi and director Tobias Kratzer is likely to dissatisfy both purists and traditionalists.

Updated Feb 4 2020