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The Tales of Hoffmann-30 October 1957 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Edward Downes
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
PROLOGUE
The Muse Eileen Barry
Luther
an Innkeeper 		Rhydderch Davies
Councillor Lindorf Otakar Kraus
Andres
servant of Stella 		David Tree
Nicklaus
Hoffmann's companion 		Josephine Veasey
Hoffmann
a poet 		James Johnston
Nathaniel
Student 		Dermot Troy
Wilhelm
Student 		Joseph Rouleau
Hermann
Student 		Robert Allman
ACT I 'OLYMPIA'
Spalanzani
an inventor 		Ronald Lewis
Hoffmann
a poet 		James Johnston
Cochenille
Spalanzani's servant 		David Tree
Nicklaus
Hoffmann's companion 		Josephine Veasey
Coppelius
a scientist, rival of Spalanzani 		Otakar Kraus
Olympia
a mechanical doll 		Marion Studholme
ACT II 'ANTONIA'
Antonia
a singer 		Joan Sutherland
Crespel
her father 		Michael Langdon
Frantz
his servant 		David Tree
Hoffmann
a poet 		James Johnston
Nicklaus
his companion 		Josephine Veasey
Dr. Miracle
a doctor 		Otakar Kraus
The voice of Antonia's mother Lauris Elms
ACT III 'GIULIETTA'
Hoffmann
a poet 		James Johnston
Pittichinaccio
an admirer of Giulietta 		David Tree
Giulietta
a courtesan 		June Grant
Nicklaus
Hoffmann's companion 		Josephine Veasey
Schlemil
Giulietta's lover 		Michael Langdon
Dapertutto
a sorcerer 		Otakar Kraus
EPILOGUE
Hoffmann
a poet 		James Johnston
Nicklaus
his companion 		Josephine Veasey
Nathaniel
Student 		Dermot Troy
Wilhelm
Student 		Joseph Rouleau
Hermann
Student 		Robert Allman
Luther
an Innkeeper 		Rhydderch Davies
The Muse Eileen Barry
Stella
an opera singer 		Romayne Austin
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Opera Ballet
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Notes: Miss Marion Studholme appears by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust Ltd.
Language: English
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 30 October 1957 (in Royal Opera House Collections)