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Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, December 24, 1927
Les Contes d'Hoffmann (32)
Jacques Offenbach | Jules Barbier
- Hoffmann
- Armand Tokatyan
- Olympia
- Nina Morgana
- Giulietta
- Dorothee Manski
- Antonia
- Queena Mario
- Lindorf
- James Wolfe
- Coppélius
- Adamo Didur
- Dappertutto
- Giuseppe De Luca
- Dr. Miracle
- Léon Rothier
- Nicklausse
- Kathleen Howard
- Andrès/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio/Frantz
- Giordano Paltrinieri
- Luther
- William Gustafson
- Nathanael
- Alfio Tedesco
- Hermann
- Arnold Gabor
- Spalanzani
- George Meader
- Schlemil
- George Cehanovsky
- Crespel
- Louis D'Angelo
- Mother's Voice
- Henriette Wakefield
- Conductor
- Louis Hasselmans
- Director
- Wilhelm Von Wymetal
- Set Designer
- Joseph Urban
Les Contes d'Hoffmann received five performances this season.
Review 1:
Review signed J. S. in the New York Tribune
AT THE METROPOLITAN
Mr. Gatti chose Christmas Eve to present what has been considered a rather indeterminate, if melodious, operatic endeavor. It was a "first" for this season, charmingly mounted and sung with all respect to the vocal properties.
Dorothee Manski, though a chortling and expressive witch in "Hänsel," had never sung Giulietta before last night. And Mme. Zirato, sometimes Nina Morgana on both sides of the Metropolitan footlights, returned to the fold as Olympia. Also, it must be remarked Giordano Paltrinieri showed an amazing versatility in three roles.
It was a performance of fair balance. The orchestra, under Mr. Hasselmans, waxed brassily triumphant at times, affecting for the moment the tonal suavities of Mr. Tokatyan. The "Night of Love" - a barcarolle if you go to the movies or taste of canned music - quivered occasionally as though the orchestral pit were an excavation rather than a foundation. Static threw flickering shadows across the "face" of subsequent star-decked choruses. These defects were momentary and did not mar the audience's enjoyment of the old favorite.
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Met careers
- Louis Hasselmans [Conductor]
- Armand Tokatyan [Hoffmann]
- Nina Morgana [Olympia]
- Dorothee Manski [Giulietta]
- Queena Mario [Antonia]
- James Wolfe [Lindorf]
- Adamo Didur [Coppélius]
- Giuseppe De Luca [Dappertutto]
- Léon Rothier [Dr. Miracle]
- Kathleen Howard [Nicklausse]
- Giordano Paltrinieri [Andrès/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio/Frantz]
- William Gustafson [Luther]
- Alfio Tedesco [Nathanael]
- Arnold Gabor [Hermann]
- George Meader [Spalanzani]
- George Cehanovsky [Schlemil]
- Louis D'Angelo [Crespel]
- Henriette Wakefield [Mother's Voice]
- Wilhelm Von Wymetal [Director]
- Joseph Urban [Set Designer]