Met Live Brings Magical Production of 'Les Contes d'Hoffman' to Screen on Jan. 31

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Erin Morley portrays Olympia in the imaginative production of Offenbach's "Les Contes d’Hoffmann" at the Metropolitan Opera.

• Vittorio Grigolo in the title role and Kate Lindsey as the Muse in Offenbach's "Les Contes d’Hoffmann," screening through The Met: Live in HD on Jan. 31.
• Hibla Gerzmava sings the role of Antonia in Offenbach's "Les Contes d’Hoffmann," screening on The Met: Live in HD on Jan. 31, with an encore on Feb. 8.

POTSDAM, NY (01/21/2015)(readMedia)-- The Met: Live in HD will bring a kaleidoscopic production of Jacques Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffman" to movie screens on Saturday, Jan. 31.

The magnetic tenor Vittorio Grigolo takes on the title role of the tortured poet and unwitting adventurer in Offenbach's operatic masterpiece. Hibla Gerzmava, Erin Morley and Christine Rice sing the three heroines -- who are each an idealized embodiment of some aspect of Hoffmann's desire. Thomas Hampson portrays the shadowy Four Villains.

The Huffington Post raved that the production was a "fabulously staged" marvel, with its "sterling cast" of up-and-coming singers.

Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffman" will screen live from the Metropolitan Opera stage at 12:55 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31 at Potsdam's Roxy Theater. There will be an encore screening at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 8.

The opera will be performed in French, with English subtitles. The approximate running time is four hours, including intermission.

The 2014-15 season of The Met: Live in HD is sponsored in the North Country by SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music and J.S. Cinemas.

All productions will be shown live worldwide on Saturdays. There will also be encore presentations offered on Sundays locally. Doors open a half-hour before show time, and there is immediate seating for advance ticket holders.

In The Met: Live in HD, robotic cameras, strategically placed around and behind the stage, capture the beauty and power of live performance from striking angles, and heighten attention to both performance and production. Intermission features and English subtitles bring the stories to life.

Tickets prices are the lowest available in the nation: $18 for an adult, $15 for senior citizens, $12 for students and $9 for youth age 18 and under.

Tickets are available by calling the Community Performance Series Box Office at (315) 267-2277, visiting the CPS Box Office in the lobby of SUNY Potsdam's Performing Arts Center, or online at www.cpspotsdam.org. Tickets can also be purchased at the Roxy Theater immediately prior to the showing.

For more information on the 2014-15 The Met: Live in HD season, visit the Metropolitan Opera website at www.metopera.org/hdlive.

For more information about SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music, please visit www.potsdam.edu/crane.

Founded in 1886, SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music has a long legacy of excellence in music education and performance. Life at Crane includes an incredible array of more than 300 recitals, lectures and concerts presented by faculty, students and guests each year. The Crane School of Music is the State University of New York's only All-Steinway institution.

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