Leonardo Capalbo to Star as Hoffmann in Tokyo

Leonardo Capalbo as Hoffmann in Les contes d’Hoffmann

Leonardo Capalbo will sing the title role in Les contes d’Hoffmann at the New National Theatre Tokyo replacing Stefan Pop who has withdrawn from the production. Capalbo was last seen in Tokyo making his Japanese debut in the same role on tour with L’Opéra de Lyon. Other appearances as Hoffmann include the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in the final performances of the famed production by John Schlesinger and at the Bremen Musikfest with Les Musiciens du Louvre led by Marc Minkowski.

Les contes d’Hoffmann opens at the New National Theatre Tokyo on April 19, 2020 and runs through April 25.

Mr. Capalbo is currently performing the title role in Verdi’s Don Carlos with Opera Vlaanderen in Ghent through October 30th for which Das Opernmagazin praised him as “vocally without reproach” noting he “sang to the end with a radiant, emotional voice and charismatic heights.”