The Tales of Hoffmann

The director Richard Jones unveils his new take on Offenbach's masterpiece, in which the poet Hoffmann drunkenly recalls the three loves of his life: Olympia, a mechanical doll; Antonia, a sick young singer; and Giulietta, a Venetian whore who stole his reflection and his soul. Barry Banks plays the lovelorn hero while the young American soprano Georgia Jarman sings all three of Hoffmann's lost loves.