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Les Contes d'Hoffmann-23 December 1980 Evening 7.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor George Prêtre
Chorus Master John Barker
Leader Meyer Stolow
Cast
Lindorf
an unscrupulous politician 		Robert Lloyd
Andrès
Stella's private secretary 		Paul Crook
Luther
the tavern proprieter 		Eric Garrett
Hermann
a student 		John Rawnsley
Nathanael
a student 		Robin Leggate
Hoffmann
a poet 		Plácido Domingo
Nicklaus
Hoffmann's companion 		Claire Powell
Spalanzani
an eccentric inventor 		Robert Tear
Cochenille
Spalanzani's servant 		Paul Crook
Olympia
a mechanical doll, Spalanzani's 'daughter' 		Luciana Serra
Coppélius
an itinerant optician 		Geraint Evans
Giulietta
a courtesan 		Agnes Baltsa
Pittichinaccio
Giulietta's servant 		Francis Egerton
Schlemil
Giulietta's current lover 		Philip Gelling
Dappertutto
an evil magician 		Siegmund Nimsgern
Antonia
Crespel's frail daughter 		Ileana Cotrubas
Crespel
a collector of musical instruments 		Gwynne Howell
Frantz
Crespel's servant 		Bernard Dickerson
Miracle
a doctor 		Nicola Ghiuselev
Spirit of Antonia's mother Phyllis Cannan
Stella
an Italian prima donna 		Deanne Bergsma
The muse of poetry Claire Powell
Barman, Tavern Habitués, Opera Audience, Waiters, Venetians, Shadows, Coachman The Royal Opera Chorus
Children from Spencer Park School for Boys
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: French
Durations: Prologue: 7.34-8.02pm, Act I (Olympia): 8.07-8.41pm, Act II (Giulietta): 9.11-9.38pm, Act III (Antonia): 10.05-10.47pm, Epilogue: 10.51-11.04pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 23 December 1980 (in Royal Opera House Collections)