Tales of Hoffmann

[bookzombie]

recitative

We're watching Tales of Hoffmann from the Powell and Pressburger DVD set that pennski bought me for Christmas a year ago.

On the upside, it has some fantastic set design, special effects (for 1951 anyway) and direction.

On the downside, as operettas go, it's not really terribly tuneful. There's more recitative than songs and given that I'm not much of an opera fan I could do with a few more tunes!

It's very pretty though...