Met Opera Live tells story of man facing eternal choice between love and art

The German-French composer Jacque Offenbach’s opera “Les Contes D’Hoffmann” is the opener for the live streaming season of the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD at the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish. 

The Whitefish Theatre Co. And the Whitefish Performing Arts Center present this fantastical opera on Oct. 5 at 11 a.m. The approximate run time is 3 hours and 45 minutes, including two 30-minute intermissions. Tickets are sold only at the door which will open at 10:30 a.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students, paid by cash or check only.   

Sung in French, “Les Contes D’Hoffmann” tells the unhappy story of poet Hoffmann and his failed love affairs. The opera makes use of three of Hoffmann's supernatural tales where he recounts his love for three women whom he cannot have, thwarted by a nemesis, and ultimately left humiliated and devastated. This opéra fantastique ultimately tells the story of a man facing the eternal choice between love and art.