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The Tales of Hoffmann-30 December 1964 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Georg Solti
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
PROLOGUE AND EPILOGUE
The Muse
later Nicklaus 		Josephine Veasey
Councillor Lindorf Geraint Evans
Andres
Stella's servant 		John Dobson
Luther
an Innkeeper 		Dennis Wicks
Hoffmann
a poet 		Richard Lewis
Nathaniel
Student 		Joseph Ward
Hermann
Student 		Delme Bryn-Jones
Wilhelm
Student 		Eric Garrett
Stella
an opera singer 		Romayne Grigorova
ACT I - 'OLYMPIA'
Spalanzani
an inventor 		John Lanigan
Cochenille
his servant 		John Dobson
Hoffmann Richard Lewis
Nicklaus Josephine Veasey
Coppelius
a scientist, rival of Spalanzani 		Geraint Evans
Olympia
a mechanical doll 		Reri Grist
ACT II - 'ANTONIA'
Antonia Heather Harper
Crespel
her father 		David Ward
Frantz
his servant 		Kenneth MacDonald
Hoffmann Richard Lewis
Nicklaus Josephine Veasey
Doctor Miracle
a quack 		Geraint Evans
The voice of Antonia's mother Maureen Guy
ACT III - 'GIULIETTA'
Nicklaus Josephine Veasey
Giulietta
a courtesan 		Marie Collier
Hoffmann Richard Lewis
Pittichinaccio
an admirer of Giulietta 		John Dobson
Schlemil
Giulietta's lover 		Victor Godfrey
Dapertutto
a sorcerer 		Geraint Evans
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Opera Ballet
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 30 December 1964 (in Royal Opera House Collections)