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The Tales of Hoffmann-14 March 1966 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor James Loughran
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
PROLOGUE AND EPILOGUE
The Muse Pamela Ann Davy
Councillor Lindorf Norman Mittelmann
Andres
Stella's servant 		John Dobson
Luther
an Innkeeper 		Dennis Wicks
Hoffmann
a poet 		Barry Morell
Nicklaus Yvonne Minton
Nathaniel
Student 		Joseph Ward
Hermann
Student 		Delme Bryn-Jones
Wilhelm
Student 		Stanley Cooper
Stella
an opera singer 		Romayne Grigorova
ACT I - 'OLYMPIA'
Spalanzani
an inventor 		John Lanigan
Cochenille
his servant 		John Dobson
Hoffmann Barry Morell
Nicklaus Yvonne Minton
Coppelius
a scientist, rival of Spalanzani 		Norman Mittelmann
Olympia
a mechanical doll 		Jenifer Eddy
ACT II - 'ANTONIA'
Antonia Heather Harper
Crespel
her father 		David Kelly
Frantz
his servant 		Kenneth MacDonald
Hoffmann Barry Morell
Nicklaus Yvonne Minton
Doctor Miracle
a quack 		Norman Mittelmann
The voice of Antonia's mother Maureen Guy
ACT III - 'GIULIETTA'
Nicklaus Yvonne Minton
Giulietta
a courtesan 		Margreta Elkins
Hoffmann Barry Morell
Pittichinaccio
an admirer of Giulietta 		John Dobson
Schlemil
Giulietta's lover 		Eric Garrett
Dapertutto
a sorcerer 		Norman Mittelmann
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Opera Ballet
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 14 March 1966 (in Royal Opera House Collections)