LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN Kraus, Welting, Hendricks (DVD)

Cast includes Alfredo Kraus (Hoffmann), Ruth Welting (Olympia), Barbara Hendricks (Antonia), Jolanta Omilian (Giulietta), Nicola Ghiuselev (The four villains); conducted by Alain Guingal. Live performance, Parma, February 1988. Sung in French with optional subtitles in English, Italian, and French. A Hardy Classic Video release.
Color, 160 minutes, 4:3, All regions

NB: The exceptional nature and high artistic quality of this performance justify publication of this video even though the filming was done only to preserve the performance for Teatro Regio's archives and therefore offers few close-up shots and occasionally unclear lighting.