The Royal Opera’s lavish production of Offencach’s masterpiece, Les Contes d’Hoffmann will be broadcast to Eden Cinema screens once again next Sunday at 3pm. Created by Academy Award-winning ...

The oldest production in the Royal Opera’s repertory, John Schlesinger’s staging of The Tales of Hoffmann has reached the ripe old age of 36. The film director himself – whose first opera ...

Opera on Screen: LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN ... of whimsy and imagination comes to life like never before in this sumptuous production from Academy Award winner John Schlesinger and The Royal Opera.

John Schlesinger, the British director who first gained acclaim in the 1960s with films such as "Billy Liar" and "Darling" and capped the decade by winning a best director Oscar for "Midnight ...

Schlesinger also worked occasionally in the theatre and the opera house, where he staged The Tales of Hoffmann for Covent Garden and a production of Der Rosenkavalier which is still in their ...

Rupert Christiansen on a superb return to form for tenor Rolando Villazón in a gloriously enjoyable revival of John Schlesinger's 1980 production It's nearly five years now since a young Mexican ...

John Schlesinger, who died yesterday aged 77, ... and his Les Contes d'Hoffman and Rosenkavalier at the Royal Opera House were notably successful. Schlesinger was a workaholic.

LOS ANGELES -- John Schlesinger, 77, the Oscar-winning director who brought gay characters into mainstream cinema with "Midnight Cowboy" and who tapped into nightmares with the teeth-drilling ...

His decision to cast John Voight and Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy was inspired. ... In 1990 Schlesinger returned to opera for one of the most sumptuous productions.

John Richard Schlesinger, CBE, was an English film and stage director, and actor. He won an Academy Award for Best Director for Midnight Cowboy, and was ...

John Richard Schlesinger, CBE, was an English film and stage director, and actor. He won an Academy Award for Best Director for Midnight Cowboy, and was nominated for two other films (Darling and ...

Dating from 1980, it is a reminder of times past, an evening of old-style, colourful entertainment, conceived by the late film director John Schlesinger and regularly revived over the years.