

Among DVDs of "Hoffmann" currently available, this is the only one that even begins to stand comparison with the superlative Powell and Pressburger film (whose ideas it occasionally borrows). Olivier Py's baroque imagination, which sometimes leads him into self-indulgence and incoherence, is well suited to bringing out this opera's darkness and he does an excellent job
Olivier Py

Nadine Denize
La voix de la mère d'Antonia
Francisco Vas
Spalanzani
Bernard Deletré
Schlémil
René Schirrer
Luther

Gilles Cachemaille
Crespel