This adaptation of three tales by ETA Hoffmann with a sprinkling of Goethes Faust portrays the German poet as both narrator and hero recounting his love affairs with Olympia Antonia and Giuletta Robert Carsens spectacular production highlights the melancholy genius of a man marked by life with a coherence and dramatic sense remarkable for a work that leaves numerous questions unanswered Under the baton of Philippe Jordan Stéphanie dOustrac Ermonela Jaho Kate Aldrich Yann Beuron and Ramón Vargas and Stefano Secco in the main role interpret the legendary airs of this work whose brilliant mystery will continue to dazzle opera houses for countless years to come
