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Jacques Offenbach : Les Contes d'Hoffmann<Opera in 5 Acts>
<Sung in French with Japanese Supertitles> OPERA HOUSE |
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* Takahashi Jun, who originally was to perform the role of Andrès / Cochenille / Frantz / Pitichinaccio is unable to perform. Alternatively, Aochi Hideyuki is going to take his place. Please refer to New National Theatre News | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Doors will
open 45 minutes before the opening of the performance.
Approximate runnning time : 3hours 30minutes. |
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ADVANCE TICKETS |
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| Available from Sunday 25 September, 2005 at 10:00am. To order tickets, please call +81-3-5352-9999 (10:00am-6:00pm). Internet ticket reservation available through the following Websites.(Japanese only) http://pia.jp/t http://eee.eplus.co.jp/ |
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TICKET PRICES (with tax)
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*A part of "Seat F" (¥3,150) : Sold at the
NNTT Box Office and all Ticket Pia outlets on the performance date only. Up to
2 tickets per person. No phone reservations. *Seat Z(\1,500):
Sold to students only at some Ticket Pia outlets on the day before the
performance. Any tickets not sold by the performance date will be released to
the general public at the NNTT Box Office and some Ticket Pia outlets. One ticket
per person. No phone reservations. Students must bring a valid student ID. *Same
day student tickets (50% off, except Seat F & Z ): Sold at the NNTT Box
Office and some Ticket Pia outlets on the performance date. One ticket per person.
No phone reservations. Students must bring a valid student ID.
*Opera House Ticket Prices & Seating Plan |
Offenbach's First
and Last Great Opera, the Daring of the Operetta World
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The lonely death of Hoffmann brings forth eternal life
Les Contes d'Hoffmann is a series of stories of the poet Hoffmann's past
loves based on fantastic novels by E.A.T. Hoffmann, a literary wizard in German
romanticism. Philippe Arlaud, a "magician of light," directed the NNTT's first
performance of the opera in 2003, with its visually emphasized drama fantasy well
received by the audience. As the stories develop, women symbolizing Arlaud's keywords
of death, sex, and desire for art appear: the beautiful mechanical doll Olympia,
Antonia who is consumptive but loves singing, the Venetian courtesan Giulietta,
the Muse, who watches over Hoffmann, and lastly the diva Stella. As the poet's
fate is woven by the black thread of despair, he hovers between dream and reality
and dies while being watched over by the women with whom he fell in love. The
conductor is Ban Tetsuro, who also led the orchestra for the premiere. Talented
singers include the high-profile tenor Klaus Florian Vogt, who is scheduled to
make his debut at the Metropolitan Opera as well as famed opera houses in Europe
and North America; James Morris, a distinguished singer and actor; and Sunakawa
Ryoko, who acted as a substitute in the NNTT premiere but won the highest praises.Synopsis The setting is a tavern next
to the opera house. The poet Hoffmann, who exchanged promises with the singer
Stella, with whom he is in love, to meet each other after her performance, begins
telling stories of past love with three women: falling in love with Olympia, a
mechanical doll; his shadow being taken by the courtesan Giulietta; and his consumptive
lover Antonia being coaxed to sing one last time, draining her of her last breath.
The tales over, Hoffman falls into despair over the emptiness of love, getting
drunk. Whereupon the Muse appears before him. |
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