Other author/creator | Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901 librettist. |
Other author/creator | Cambreling, Sylvain conductor. |
Other author/creator | Carré, Michel, 1819-1872, librettist. |
Other author/creator | Dam, José van performer. |
Other author/creator | Murray, Ann, 1949- performer. |
Other author/creator | Norman, Jessye performer. |
Other author/creator | Plowright, Rosalind, performer. |
Other author/creator | Serra, Luciana, performer. |
Other author/creator | Shicoff, Neil, performer. |
Other author/creator | Tear, Robert performer. |
Other author/creator | Théâtre royal de la Monnaie, performer. |
Uniform title | Contes d'Hoffmann |
General note | Edition by Fritz Oeser, with additional material from the Choudens Edition. |
General note | Opera in 5 acts; Libretto by Jules Barbier, after a play by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré., based on E.T.A. Hoffmann. |
Performer |
Jessye Norman, Rosalind Plowright, Luciana Serra, sopranos ; Ann Murray, contralto ; Neil Shicoff, Robert Tear, tenors ; Jose ̓Van Dam, baritone ; supporting soloists ; Chorus and Orchestra of the Thea̓̂tre royal de la Monnaie, Brussels ; Sylvain Cambreling, conductor. |
Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded June-July 1986, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles. |
Language | Sung in French. |
Genre/form | Sound recordings. |