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Les Contes d'Hoffmann-21 November 2016 Evening 6.34pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Evelino Pidò
Chorus Director William Spaulding
Concert Master Sergey Levitin
Cast
The Muse of Poetry, later disguised as Nicklausse, Hoffman's companion Kate Lindsey
Councillor Lindorf
An unscrupulous politician 		Thomas Hampson
Andrès
Stella's private secretary 		Vincent Ordonneau
Luther
A tavern proprietor 		Jeremy White
Hermann
A student 		Charles Rice
Nathanael
A student 		David Junghoon Kim
Hoffman
A poet 		Vittorio Grigòlo
Spalanzani
An eccentric inventor 		Christophe Mortagne
Cochenille
Spalanzani's servant 		Vincent Ordonneau
Olympia
A mechanical doll, Spalanzani's 'daughter' 		Sofia Fomina
Coppélius
An itinerant optician 		Thomas Hampson
Giulietta
A courtesan 		Christine Rice
Pittichinaccio
Giulietta's servant 		Vincent Ordonneau
Schlemil
Giulietta's lover 		Yuriy Yurchuk
Dappertutto
A collector of human spirits 		Thomas Hampson
Antonia
Crespel's frail daughter 		Sonya Yoncheva
Crespel
A collector of musical instruments 		Eric Halfvarson
Frantz
Crespel's servant 		Vincent Ordonneau
Miracle
A doctor 		Thomas Hampson
Spirit of Antonia's Mother Catherine Carby
Stella
An Italian prima donna 		Olga Sabadoch
Tavern habitués, waiters, students, opera audience, Spalanzani's guests, Venetians, shadows, cherubs, muses The Royal Opera Chorus

[Members of the Extra Chorus are listed individually in the cast sheet] 		Extra Chorus

[Actors are listed individually in the cast sheet] 		Actors
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: French
Surtitled by: Jonathan Burton
Durations: Prologue and Act I: 6.34-7.48pm, Act II: 8.19-8.47pm, Act III and Epilogue: 9.13-10.20pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 21 November 2016 (in Royal Opera House Collections)