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The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 live in HD series is set to open with Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann.”

The opera will be shown in HD on Oct. 5 with Benjamin Bernheim taking on the lead role. The HD will mark his second following his acclaimed run of Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette.”

He will be joined by Erin Morley who returns to the Olympia, a role she portrayed in the 2015 HD performance. Morley has also been in “Peter Grimes,” “Hansel and Gretel,” The Ring Cycle, “Der Rosenkavalier,” “Eurydice,” and “Die Zauberflöte.” Pretty Yende will take on the role of Antonia in her first Met appearance in five years. The soprano has been featured in HD broadcasts of “La Fille du Regiment” and “L’Elisir d’Amore.” Finally, Clémentine Margaine will appear in the role of Giulietta. The mezzo has appeared in the Met’s Carmen productions including a 2019 HD production.

Mezzo-soprano Vasilisa Berzhanskaya sings the double role of the Muse and Hoffmann’s friend Nicklausse in her company debut while Christian Van Horn makes his Met role debut as the Four Villains. Van Horn has been seen in HD performances of “Lucia di Lammermoor” “Wozzeck,” “The Exterminating Angel” and “Die Zauberflöte.”

Marco Armiliato conducts Bartlett Sher’s production.

Gary Halvorson will direct the Live in HD presentation for cinemas, and tenor Ben Bliss will host the transmission, sharing exclusive behind-the-scenes content and interviews during the intermissions.

Of the production, OperaWire said, “Led by Benjamin Bernheim & Christian Van Horn, This Production Saves the Best for Last.”