16 Jan 2015
Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Metropolitan Opera, New York
By Martin Bernheimer [FT, 14 January 2015]
Bartlett Sher’s interpretation of Les Contes d’Hoffmann was a mess at its Met premiere back in 2009. The sets, designed by Michael Yeargan, looked gaudy, the narrative seemed confused, and the stage remained chronically overpopulated.