THE ROYAL OPERA: THE TALES OF HOFFMANN TRAILER. THE DONIZZETTI INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, BERGAMO

Juan Diego Flórez and Leonardo Caimi lead a fantastic cast in Offenbach's dream-like opera. The Tales of Hoffmann comes to the Royal Opera House Main Stage November 2024.

Juan Diego Flórez and Leonardo Caimi lead a fantastic cast in Offenbach's dream-like opera. The Tales of Hoffmann comes to the Royal Opera House Main Stage November 2024.

Olivier award-winning director Damiano Michieletto (Carmen, Cavalleria rusticana/Pagliacci) returns to The Royal Opera for a new production of Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann. Conductor Antonello Manacorda, with whom Michieletto previously collaborated on Carmen, leads Juan Diego Flórez and Leonardo Caimi, who share the role of the poet E.T.A. Hoffmann, Alex Esposito as the Four Villains, Julie Boulianne as Nicklausse and Ermonela Jaho, Olga Pudova and Marina Costa-Jackson as Hoffmann’s unforgettable trio of lovers.

Donizetti Opera

The international festival Donizetti Opera is promoted by the Fondazione Teatro Donizetti with the aim of safeguarding and broadcasting the vast cultural legacy bequeathed to Bergamo by its most illustrious citizen, the composer Gaetano Donizetti.

Donizetti Opera, with artistic direction by Francesco Micheli, is the manifestation of in-depth musicological research and attracts some of the world’s top performers to appear in its productions. 

As well as new performances of Donizetti’s lesser-known works, the festival features more famous operas edited and revised by the Foundation’s scientific division, led by musicologist Paolo Fabbri. Musical direction is by Riccardo Frizza.