A LAVISH production of Offenbach's masterpiece, Les Contes d'Hoffmann/The Tales of Hoffman, will be screened live from The Royal Opera House, London, to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark, next week.
Created by Academy Award-winning film director John Schlesinger, this production brings alive a 19th-century world of romance, comedy, mystery, and menace, and will be screened on Tuesday November 15 at 6.15pm.
Expect clockwork dolls, magical glasses, ghostly voices and sensual courtesans, as well as performances from tenor Vittorio Grigolo as Hoffmann, Sofia Fomina as clockwork doll Olympia, Christine Rice as courtesan Giulietta, and Sonya Yoncheva as Antonia.
Early booking and arrival is advised through www.eyecinema.ie or 091 - 780078.
