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Placido Domingo plays the title role in this production of Offenbach's opera, in which a man passes along the details of three remarkable love affairs pockmarked by deception and betrayal. Performed by the Royal Opera of Covent Garden, under the direction of Georges Pretre, Les Contes D'Hoffmann also features Luciana Serra, Agnes Baltsa, and Ileana Cotrubas; John Gielgud also appears as the host.