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Les Contes d'Hoffmann-22 April 1986 Evening 7.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Charles Dutoit
Chorus Master Peter Burian
Leader Hugh Maguire
Cast
Lindorf
an unscrupulous politician 		Samuel Ramey
Andrès
Stella's private secretary 		Paul Crook
Luther
the tavern proprieter 		Eric Garrett
Hermann
a student 		John Hancorn
Nathanael
a student 		Gordon Christie
Hoffmann
a poet 		Neil Shicoff
Nicklaus
Hoffmann's companion 		Claire Powell
Spalanzani
an eccentric inventor 		John Dobson
Cochenille
Spalanzani's servant 		Paul Crook
Olympia
a mechanical doll, Spalanzani's 'daughter' 		Luciana Serra
Coppélius
an itinerant optician 		Samuel Ramey
Giulietta
a courtesan 		Karan Armstrong
Pittichinaccio
Giulietta's servant 		Francis Egerton
Schlemil
Giulietta's current lover 		Robert Dean
Dappertutto
an evil magician 		Samuel Ramey
Antonia
Crespel's frail daughter 		Nelly Miricioiu
Crespel
a collector of musical instruments 		Rodney Macann
Frantz
Crespel's servant 		Francis Egerton
Miracle
a doctor 		Samuel Ramey
Spirit of Antonia's mother Gillian Knight
Stella
an Italian prima donna 		Deanne Bergsma
The Muse of Poetry Claire Powell
Tavern Habitués, Waiters, Students, Opera Audience, Spalanzani's Guests, Venetians, Shadows The Royal Opera Chorus
Junior Associates of The Royal Ballet School
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: Rodney Macann is a member of English National Opera.
Language: French
Durations: Prologue: 7.04-7.34pm, Act I: 7.40-8.15pm, Act II: 8.49-9.16pm, Act III: 9.50-10.38pm, Epilogue: 10.43-10.54pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme and stage manager's report for 22 April 1986 (in Royal Opera House Collections)