Photograph of Kristen Hoffman playing Antonia in the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center.

Photograph of Act III of the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Hoffmann (left), played by William Joyner, is standing among other characters.

Photograph of Act I of the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Characters are watching Spalanzani (front left) and Olympia (front right), played by Wei-Shu Tsai and Alicia Marie Suschena respectively, who are dancing.

Photograph of Act II of the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Hoffmann (left), Miracle (2nd from left), and Frantz (right) -- played by William Joyner, Mason Jarboe, and Clint Turner, respectively -- are watching as Crespel (Ryan Stoll) holds Antonia (Kristen Hoffman), who has just died.

Photograph of a tavern scene in the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Characters are sitting on the floor, conversing.

Photograph of a tavern scene in the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Two men are sitting at a table among other characters, laughing.

Photograph of Act I of the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Olympia, played by Alicia Marie Suschena, is sitting in the center of a crowd.

Photograph of Alicia Marie Suschena and Wei-Shu Tsai playing Olympia and Spalanzani, respectively, in Act I of the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center.

Photograph of Alicia Marie Suschena and Wei-Shu Tsai playing Olympia and Spalanzani, respectively, in the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center.

Photograph of Mason Jarboe playing Miracle in Act II of the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center.

Photograph of Act I of the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Characters are watching as Olympia, played by Alicia Marie Suschena, dances.

Photograph of William Joyner and Alicia Marie Suschena playing Hoffmann and Olympia, respectively, in the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center.

Photograph of William Joyner and Samantha Kantak playing Hoffmann and Giulietta, respectively, in Act III of the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Hoffman is kneeling next to Giulietta, who is sitting in a chair.

Photograph of Hoffmann and Giulietta, played by William Joyner and Samantha Kantak respectively, hugging during Act III of the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center.

Photograph of William Joyner and Samantha Kantak playing Hoffmann and Giulietta, respectively, in Act III of the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Giulietta is tying a blindfold over Hoffmann's eyes.

Photograph of Hoffmann and Giulietta, played by William Joyner and Samantha Kantak respectively, hugging during Act III of the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center.