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The Tales of Hoffmann-16 January 1960 Evening 7.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Bryan Balkwill
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
PROLOGUE
The Muse Adrienne Corri
Luther
an Innkeeper 		Rhydderch Davies
Councillor Lindorf Geraint Evans
Andres
servant of Stella 		Robert Bowman
Nicklaus
Hoffmann's companion 		Margreta Elkins
Hoffmann
a poet 		William McAlpine
Nathaniel
Student 		Kenneth MacDonald
Wilhelm
Student 		Stanley Cooper
Hermann
Student 		Leonard Law
ACT I - 'OLYMPIA'
Spalanzani
an inventor 		David Allen
Hoffmann
a poet 		William McAlpine
Cochenille
Spalanzani's servant 		David Tree
Nicklaus
Hoffmann's companion 		Margreta Elkins
Coppelius
a scientist, rival of Spalanzani 		Geraint Evans
Olympia
a mechanical doll 		Marion Studholme
ACT II - 'GIULIETTA'
Hoffmann
a poet 		William McAlpine
Pittichinaccio
an admirer of Giulietta 		Robert Bowman
Giulietta
a courtesan 		Marie Collier
Nicklaus
Hoffmann's companion 		Margreta Elkins
Schlemil
Giulietta's lover 		Michael Langdon
Dapertutto
a sorcerer 		Geraint Evans
ACT III - 'ANTONIA'
Antonia
a singer 		Una Hale
Crespel
her father 		Michael Langdon
Frantz
his servant 		David Tree
Hoffmann
a poet 		William McAlpine
Nicklaus
his companion 		Margreta Elkins
Dr. Miracle
a doctor 		Geraint Evans
The voice of Antonia's mother Sylvia Rowlands
EPILOGUE
Hoffmann
a poet 		William McAlpine
Nicklaus
his companion 		Margreta Elkins
Nathaniel
Student 		Kenneth MacDonald
Wilhelm
Student 		Stanley Cooper
Hermann
Student 		Leonard Law
Luther
an Innkeeper 		Rhydderch Davies
The Muse Adrienne Corri
Stella
an opera singer 		Romayne Austin
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Opera Ballet
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Durations: Prologue and Act I: 7.32-8.36pm, Act II: 8.58-9.20pm, Act III and Epilogue: 9.43-10.32pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 16 January 1960 (in Royal Opera House Collections)