The fantastic visions and nightmares of the great artist, helplessly lonesome man, suffering from the lack of love, blindly looking for sympathy there, where it never passed, entertain the visitors of the pub and horrify the spectators. The contrast of wonderful music and defiant chill of reality, such is the enchanting world of magic “Les Contes d’Hoffmann”. “Our performance is about the sources of creativity and the destiny of an artist, says Dmitry Bertman, because the only true friend of an artist is his Muse”.

Prologue

 Drunk Hoffman in the wine cellar of Lyutera is surrounded by the perfumes of wine and beer. Appears Muza in the means of Niklausa. From this point on, it will be inseparable with the poet.
The adviser of Lindorf, which is attained the benevolence of the singer of Stella, intercepts its letter with the acknowledgement in the love, addressed to Hoffman. Lindorf is agitated and decides by any price to prevent by them.

The students become sunken with the merry song into the summer squash. Hoffman is joined to them. Him persuade to carry out legend about Klyayntsake - crumb Tsakhese. But poet unexpectedly for all is immersed in the thought about the beloved, in which were connected the features of three there is no time loved by him women. Students require details, and it begins its story.

 First action

Invited to zvanyy supper to professor spalantsani, Hoffman makes fall in love into his affected daughter to Olympius, without noting that in reality it altogether only the lifeless clever manner- automaton, which knows how to sing and to dance. After fastening magic glasses, Hoffman finally falls into the ecstasy from the beauty the Olympiuses. Guests are gathered in the hall, and Spalantsani derive the doll, which fulfills virtuoso aria, tearing away in this case rabid applause. Hoffman remains with it face to face and, without remembering himself, it is explained in the love. Poet invites to Olympius to the waltz; however, the mechanism of automaton works increasingly more rapid and it is more rapid. Without having maintained rabid rate, Hoffman in the exhaustion falls, but glasses are divided into smithereens. Guests jeer above the unlucky lover.

 Second action

The deepest concern of the old adviser of Krespelya - his daughter of Antonius, who inherited from the mother not only beautiful voice, but also the disease, with which the singing is disastrous. Hoffman succeeds himself in penetrating in the house, when Krespel’ departs. Almost simultaneously with it comes hated Krespelem doctor mirakl’, who healed to death the wife of adviser. Hoffman rapidly hides himself and sees, as strange doctor succeeds himself in hypnotizing that locating in another room to Antonius. Miracle play is turned to the spirit of mother, which forces girl to sing. Antonius one cannot resist this call, it sings from the last forces and dies.

 Third action

Venice. The palace of the courtesan of Juliettes, with which is falld in love Hoffman. Doctor Dapertutto uses it as the tool for his purposes: the one who wants to possess courtesan, must return to doctor soul. By such means of Shlemil’, which there is no time became the lover of Juliettes, it paid by its shadow. Now Dapertutto requires of Juliette that it would procure for it the reflection of Hoffman, for this it will return to it magic diamond. Niklaus persuades Hoffman to run, but Juliette manages to whisper at the enamored poet, that key from her rests in Shlemilya. In the duel Hoffman kills rival by the addressed sword Dapertutto and hurries into the boudoir of Juliettes. However, room is empty. Laughing, courtesan returns poet into the authority of doctor Dapertutto.

Epilogue

Hoffman concludes his last story and again returns to the thoughts about Stele. But completely not it will prove to be that ideal beloved, about which it dreams. However, the true love of poet - only his Muza, with The the steloy remains Lindorf.