Met Opera: "Hoffmann's" Tales Fabulously Staged With a Sterling Cast

Everybody has at least one love affair he or she would like to forget. Hoffmann, the hapless poet hero of Les Contes d'Hoffmann, has four that haunt him in Offenbach's grand final opera, which the Met returned to the stage last night with the Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo brilliantly singing and acting the title role in Bartlett Sher's spectacular production. The mezzo Kate Lindsey is excellent as Hoffmann's friend and muse Nicklausse and the soprano Erin Morley scores a knockout as the wind-up...