Opera Review: The Muse Always Wins

Prelude to Performance offers Les Contes d'Hoffmann.
by Paul J. Pelkonen

The German poet, playwright and composer E.T.A. Hoffmann, protagonist
of Jacques Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann.

On Saturday night, the difficulties of Jacques Offenbach's final, unfinished opera Les Contes d'Hoffmann were met admirably by Martina Arroyo's Prelude to Performance program. This is the opera education program's ninth season of operation for Ms. Arroyo's program. The PTP shows at Hunter College's Kaye Playhouse are an important proving ground for new vocal talent, a chance to let the stars of tomorrow make themselves heard.