Claudia Boyle is set for the challenge of Jacques Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann

Claudia Boyle is ready to take on one of the most demanding soprano roles in the world of opera, writes Cathy Desmond

IRISH National Opera mines the tuneful, haunted, sometimes demonic world of French composer Jacques Offenbach’s problematic masterpiece, The Tales of Hoffmann for its big autumn touring production.