With the production of Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann he debuted - extremely successful - at the Vienna State Opera at that time in Vienna little-known Director Andrei Serban in 1993. Equally an extremely fascinating and successful scenic and optical implementation of this content fantastic quirky Opera was certified by critics and audience him with their advanced dramaturgy. Now the popular, now over 80 times production is resumed break after more than five years in the Repertoire, with the internationally acclaimed tenor Piotr Beczala will give his first State Opera Hoffmann probably anticipated.