![Premiere of "The Tales of Hoffman" opera](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F100%2F98%2F1009811_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_QWxleGVpIERhbmljaGV2ICMxMDA5ODEx_116%3A95_sputnik-1009811-preview_e666126d9891219742b7d0d1e42e93f6.jpg)
![Premiere of "The Tales of Hoffman" opera](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F100%2F98%2F1009811_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_QWxleGVpIERhbmljaGV2ICMxMDA5ODEx_116%3A95_sputnik-1009811-preview_e666126d9891219742b7d0d1e42e93f6.jpg)
From left in the foreground: Sergei Semishkur as Hoffman, Ildar Abdrazakov as Lindorf, and Yekaterina Sergeyeva as Nicklausse, back, in a scene from Jacques Offenbach's opera "The Tales of Hoffman" directed by Vasily Barkhatov at the Mariinsky Theater.
- Categories: Arts, Culture & Entertainment
- Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
- Event date: 26.12.2011
- Date published: 27.12.2011
- Author: Alexei Danichev
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 4443x3021px, 2.2Mb