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Les Contes d'Hoffmann-2 February 1982 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 Jacques Delacôte
Chorus Master John McCarthy
Cast
Lindorf
an unscrupulous politician 		Stafford Dean
Andrès
Stella's private secretary 		Paul Crook
Luther
the tavern proprieter 		John Gibbs
Hermann
a student 		Glenville Hargreaves
Nathanael
a student 		Peter Jeffes
Hoffmann
a poet 		Plácido Domingo
Nicklaus
Hoffmann's companion 		Diana Montague
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 		Geraint Evans
Giulietta
a courtesan 		Josephine Veasey
Pittichinaccio
Giulietta's servant 		Francis Egerton
Schlemil
Giulietta's current lover 		Philip Gelling
Dappertutto
an evil magician 		Thomas Allen
Antonia
Crespel's frail daughter 		Leona Mitchell
Crespel
a collector of musical instruments 		Gwynne Howell
Frantz
Crespel's servant 		Bernard Dickerson
Miracle
a doctor 		Nicola Ghiuselev
Spirit of Antonia's mother Phyllis Cannan
Stella
an Italian prima donna 		Deanne Bergsma
The muse of poetry Diana Montague
Barman, Tavern Habitués, Opera Audience, Waiters, Venetians, Shadows, Coachman The Royal Opera Chorus
Children from Spencer Park School for Boys
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: French
Durations: Prologue: 7.03-7.34pm, Act I (Olympia): 7.39-8.14pm, Act II (Giulietta): 8.41-9.11pm, Act III (Antonia): 9.39-10.23pm, Epilogue: 10.27-10.40pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 2 February 1982 (in Royal Opera House Collections)