Great Performances

Season 42 Episode 15: Great Performances at the Met: Les Contes d'Hoffmann

49 SeasonsApr 17, 2015TV-G3h 00m7.9

Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo stars as the tortured poet unlucky in love in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann on Great Performances at the Met. Offenbach based the opera on three stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann. The production is by Broadway director Bartlett Sher. Soprano Deborah Voigt hosts the broadcast.

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Season 42 Episodes:

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Info about Great Performances

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Music, Musical