Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Tales of Hoffmann

Opéra en quatre actes. Livret de Jules Barbier.

André Cluytens, conductor. Nicolai Gedda, tenor (Hoffmann); Gianna d'Angelo, soprano (Olympia); Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano (Giulietta); Victoria de los Angeles, soprano (Antonio); Christiane Gayraud, mezzo-soprano (la mère d'Antonia); Renée Faure, spoken role (Stella / la Muse); Jean-Christophe Benoit, baritone (Nicklausse); Nicola Ghiuselev, bass (Lindorf), George London, bass (Coppélius, Miracle); Ernest Blanc, baritone (Dapertutto); Michel Sénéchal, tenor (Spalanzani), Jean-Pierre Laffage, baritone (Schlémil / Luther); Robert Geay, bass (Crespel), André Mallabrera, tenor (Nathanaël), Jacques Pruvost, baritone (Hermann); Jacques Loreau, tenor (Andrès / Cochenille, Frantz, Pitichinaccio); Jeanine Collard, mezzo-soprano (2nd voice in barcarolle). Chœurs René Duclos., Jean Laforge, chef.

DESCRIPTION: 3 discs, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo, 12 in.

NOTES: Recorded 1-5, 8-11, 14-15, 21-23 September 1964 in 17 sessions; also October, and December 1964, Salle Wagram; May 1965, Barcelona.

• PM VSM AN 154–56 (mono), SAN 154–56 (stereo) (d. l. 1965).

  • Also:

    • Angel CLX 3667 (mono), SCLX 3667 (stereo) (S 36304–06). Automatic sequence. Program note by Alexander Faris, synopsis by Stephen Williams, libretto, transl., 35 pp.). 1965.

    • EMI VSM 1000453

  • CDs:

    • CD: Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Gedda, Schwarzkopf, . . . etc. EMI Classics CMS 763222 2 (France PM 617 ; USA CDMB 63222). 2 discs. Digital remastering 1989. Booklet with content similar to above, 138 pp. 1994.

    • CD: Highlights of above. EMI CDM 763448 2. January 2000.

    • CD: Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann / André Cluytens, etc. EMI Classics 7243 5 67979 2 (Great Recordings of the Century [10th release]). 2 CDs. Running times 76:29, 25:47. February 2003.

INDEX: 65~030 1964-09-01