THE TALES OF HOFFMANN at The Everyman
Offenbach was dubbed “the Mozart of the Champs Élysées” by Rossini. His lyrical, effervescent final opera, left unfinished at his death, with its plot of strange, outrageous loves, an ever-present evil genius, not to mention the famous Barcarolle (borrowed from an earlier work) and an aria for a wind-up mechanical doll, is a treasure-trove for an imaginative director.
“ I warn others solemnly that Offenbach’s music is wicked. It is abandoned stuff: every accent in it is a snap of the fingers in the face of moral responsibility: every ripple and sparkle on its surface twits me for my teetotalism, and mocks at the early rising of which I fully intend to make a habit some day” George Bernard Shaw
One narrator. Drunk. The story of the women in his life. The complications of his current love and his current rival. And an evil shadow that follows him everywhere.
“ You really feel like you are dying by the end of the act. You feel this ecstasy while singing. You are dying, exhausted and excited.” Anna Netrebko soprano (on singing the role of Antonia)
Sung in French with English surtitles!
PRESENTED BY IRISH NATIONAL OPERA
STARRING Julian Hubbard, Claudia Boyle, Gemma Ní Bhriain, John Molloy, Andrew Gavin, Brendan Collins, Carolyn Holt, Fearghal Curtis, Kevin Neville, Peter O’Reilly, Cormac Lawlor, Robert McAllister
Irish National Opera Chorus & Ensemble
Date and Time
Tuesday Sep 25, 2018
8:00 PM - 10:15 PM IST
TUE 25 SEPT, 8PM
Location
The Everyman T: 021 450 1673
15 MacCurtain Street, Cork
E: info@everymancork.com
Fees/Admission
€30 / Concession €27
Contact Information
T: 021 450 1673
E: info@everymancork.com
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