The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center will host a live broadcast of Offenbach’s “Les Contes D’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)” at 11:55 a.m. Jan 31. An encore performance is at 1 p.m. Feb 1. The performance is part of “The Met: Live in HD” series of live broadcasts from The Metropolitan Opera.
Tenor Vittorio Grigolo takes on the tortured poet and unwitting adventurer of the title of Offenbach’s operatic masterpiece, in the Met production. Soprano Hibla Gerzmava faces the operatic hurdle of singing all three heroines — each an idealized embodiment of some aspect of Hoffmann’s desire. Thomas Hampson portrays the shadowy Four Villains, and Yves Abel conducts the sparkling score. Approximate running time is three hours, 45 minutes.
Tickets are $24 general admission, $22 senior citizens, $17 for Friends of the Ross, $16 students and children, $6 Nebraska Wesleyan Students (with a valid student ID), and $5 for UNL students (with a valid NCard).
For more information, go to http://www.theross.org.
