In the seventh of nine programmes featuring recorded performances by the great tenor, Michael Oliver introduces Domingo as the romantic figure of the poet Hoffmann in Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann, based on the writings of German writer, critic and composer E T A Hoffmann. In the opera's prologue, Hoffmann, who is waiting for a rendezvous with the prima donna Stella, agrees to tell his drinking companions about the three great loves of his life. Sung in French.
Pro Arte Chorus of Lausanne,
Du Brassus Chorus, Suisse Romande
Chorus and Orchestra, conductor
Richard Bonygne Discs
Next Saturday, excerpts from Wagner's Lohengrin