“Tales of Hoffman” ready to be premiered

TIRANA, Sep. 28 – Albanian internationally renowned soprano Inva Mula has returned to Albania and is rehearsing to open the new season of the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet with the “Tales of Hoffman” premiere.
Mula, also the opera’s director, will perform three different roles. The opera, scheduled to be staged from on October 1, 3, 5 and 7 will bring Jacques Offenbach’s final opera Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) telling three fantastical tales by the writer E.T.A. Hoffmann.
Canadian tenor Manrico Tedeschi, and Greek soprano Niki Chaziraki will also perform in the closing performances of October 5 and 7.
The opera offers a theatrical and musical treat with its wealth of contrasting scenes and music.
Praised for her superb technique and musicality, Albanian soprano Inva Mula performs a wide range of roles from the lyric, Bel Canto and Mozartian repertoires. She has sung such roles as the title-role of La Traviata, Musetta in La Boh鮥, Antonia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Gilda in Rigoletto and Juliet in Romꯠet Juliet throughout Europe and the Americas.