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The Tales of Hoffmann-26 October 1954 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Edward Downes
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Prologue
The Muse Eileen Barry
Luther
an Innkeeper 		Rhydderch Davies
Councillor Lindorf Hermann Uhde
Andres
servant of Stella 		Raymond Nilsson
Nicklaus
Hoffmann's companion 		Barbara Howitt
Hoffmann
a poet 		Julius Patzak
Nathaniel
Student 		William McAlpine
Wilhelm
Student 		Aston Shaw
Hermann
Student 		Ronald Lewis
Act I 'Olympia'
Spalanzani
an inventor 		Geraint Evans
Hoffmann
a poet 		Julius Patzak
Cochenille
Spalanzani's servant 		Raymond Nilsson
Nicklaus
Hoffmann's companion 		Barbara Howitt
Coppelius
a scientist, rival of Spalanzani 		Hermann Uhde
Olympia
a mechanical doll 		Mattiwilda Dobbs
Act II 'Antonia'
Antonia
a singer 		Elsie Morison
Crespel
her father 		Howell Glynne
Frantz
his servant 		Raymond Nilsson
Hoffmann
a poet 		Julius Patzak
Nicklaus
his companion 		Barbara Howitt
Dr. Miracle
a doctor 		Hermann Uhde
The voice of Antonia's mother Monica Sinclair
Act III 'Giulietta'
Hoffmann
a poet 		Julius Patzak
Pittichinaccio
an admirer of Giulietta 		Raymond Nilsson
Giulietta
a courtesan 		Eleanor Houston
Nicklaus
Hoffmann's companion 		Barbara Howitt
Schlemil
Giulietta's lover 		Forbes Robinson
Dapertutto
a sorcerer 		Hermann Uhde
Epilogue
Hoffmann
a poet 		Julius Patzak
Nicklaus
his companion 		Barbara Howitt
Nathaniel
Student 		William McAlpine
Wilhelm
Student 		Aston Shaw
Hermann
Student 		Ronald Lewis
Luther
an Innkeeper 		Rhydderch Davies
The Muse Eileen Barry
Stella
an opera singer 		Judy Laraman
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 26 October 1954 (in Royal Opera House Collections)