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

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.