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Les Contes d'Hoffmann-8 February 2004 Matinee 3.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Richard Hickox
Chorus Director Terry Edwards
Concert Master Vasko Vassilev
Cast
The Muse of Poetry
later disguised as Nicklaus, Hoffmann's companion 		Ruxandra Donose
Lindorf
an unscrupulous politician 		Willard W White
Andrès
Stella's private secretary 		Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
Luther
the tavern proprietor 		Brian Bannatyne-Scott
Hermann
a student 		Quentin Hayes
Nathanael
a student 		Andrew Kennedy
Hoffmann
a poet 		Rolando Villazón
Spalanzani
an eccentric inventor 		Robin Leggate
Cochenille
Spalanzani's servant 		Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
Olympia
a mechanical doll, Spalanzani's 'daughter' 		Ekaterina Siurina
Coppélius
an itinerant optician 		Willard W White
Giulietta
a courtesan 		Jennifer Larmore
Pittichinaccio
Giulietta's servant 		Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
Schlemil
Giulietta's current lover 		Matthew Rose
Dappertutto
an evil magician 		Willard W White
Antonia
Crespel's frail daughter 		Elena Kelessidi
Crespel
a collector of musical instruments 		Andrew Greenan
Frantz
Crespel's servant 		Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
Miracle
a doctor 		Willard W White
Spirit of Antonia's mother Elizabeth Sikora
Stella
an Italian prima donna 		Olga Sabadoch
Tavern habitués, waiters, students, opera audience, Spalanzani's guests, Venetians, shadows The Royal Opera Chorus
Extra Chorus
Actors
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: French
Surtitled by: Jonathan Burton
Durations: Prologue and Act I: 3.05-4.17pm, Act II: 4.48-5.17pm, Act III and Epilogue: 5.43-6.53pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 8 February 2004 (in Royal Opera House Collections)