Among DVDs of "Hoffmann" currently available, this is the only one that even begins to stand comparison with the superlative Powell and Pressburger film (whose ideas it occasionally borrows). Olivier Py's baroque imagination, which sometimes leads him into self-indulgence and incoherence, is well suited to bringing out this opera's darkness and he does an excellent job
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| MMarc LahoHoffmann | Hoffmann |
| SStella DoufexisLa Muse / Nicklausse | La Muse / Nicklausse |
| NNicolas CavallierLindorf / Coppélius / Miracle / Dapertutto | Lindorf / Coppélius / Miracle / Dapertutto |
| EEric HuchetAndrès / Cochenille / Frantz / Pittichinaccio | Andrès / Cochenille / Frantz / Pittichinaccio |
| PPatricia PetibonOlympia | Olympia |
| RRachel HarnischAntonia | Antonia |
 Maria Riccarda WesselingGiuletta | Giuletta |
 Nadine DenizeLa voix de la mère d'Antonia | La voix de la mère d'Antonia |
| FFrancisco VasSpalanzani | Spalanzani |
| BBernard DeletréSchlémil | Schlémil |
| RRené SchirrerLuther | Luther |
 Gilles CachemailleCrespel | Crespel |
| BBisser TerziyskiNathanaël | Nathanaël |
| RRomaric BraunHermann | Hermann |
| DDelphine BeaulieuStella | Stella |