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Les Contes d'Hoffmann-15 June 1991 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Jeffrey Tate
Chorus Director Robin Stapleton
Leader John Brown
Cast
Lindorf
an unscrupulous politician 		James Morris
Andrès
Stella's private secretary 		Paul Crook
Luther
the tavern proprieter 		Eric Garrett
Hermann
a student 		Mark Beesley
Nathanael
a student 		Gordon Wilson
Hoffmann
a poet 		Alfredo Kraus
Nicklaus
Hoffmann's companion 		Jean Rigby
Spalanzani
an eccentric inventor 		John Dobson
Cochenille
Spalanzani's servant 		Paul Crook
Olympia
a mechanical doll, Spalanzani's 'daughter' 		Sumi Jo
Coppélius
an itinerant optician 		James Morris
Giulietta
a courtesan 		Anne Howells
Pittichinaccio
Giulietta's servant 		Francis Egerton
Schlemil
Giulietta's current lover 		Bruno Caproni
Dappertutto
an evil magician 		James Morris
Antonia
Crespel's frail daughter 		Leontina Vaduva
Crespel
a collector of musical instruments 		Gwynne Howell
Frantz
Crespel's servant 		Francis Egerton
Miracle
a doctor 		James Morris
Spirit of Antonia's mother Anne-Marie Owens
Stella
an Italian prima donna 		Deanne Bergsma
The Muse of Poetry Jean Rigby
Tavern habitués, waiters, students, opera audience, Spalanzani's guests, Venetians, shadows The Royal Opera Chorus
Actors
Children from Finchley Catholic Grammar School
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: French
Surtitled by: Andrew Sinclair
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet for 15 June 1991 (in Royal Opera House Collections)