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Les Contes d'Hoffmann-25 November 2008 Evening 6.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Antonio Pappano
Chorus Director Renato Balsadonna
Concert Master Peter Manning
Cast
The Muse of Poetry, later disguised as Nicklausse, Hoffmann's companion Kristine Jepson
Councillor Lindorf
an unscrupulous politician 		Gidon Saks
Andrès
Stella's private secretary 		Graham Clark
Luther
a tavern proprietor 		Lynton Black
Hermann
a student 		Changhan Lim
Nathanael
a student 		Ji-Min Park
Hoffmann
a poet 		Rolando Villazón
Spalanzani
an eccentric inventor 		Robin Leggate
Cochenille
Spalanzani's servant 		Graham Clark
Olympia
a mechanical doll, Spalanzani's 'daughter' 		Ekaterina Lekhina
Coppélius
an itinerant optician 		Gidon Saks
Giulietta
a courtesan 		Christine Rice
Pittichinaccio
Giulietta's servant 		Graham Clark
Schlemil
Giulietta's lover 		Kostas Smoriginas
Dappertutto
a collector of human spirits 		Gidon Saks
Antonia
Crespel's frail daughter 		Katie Van Kooten
Crespel
a collector of musical instruments 		Matthew Rose
Frantz
Crespel's servant 		Graham Clark
Miracle
a doctor 		Gidon Saks
Spirit of Antonia's mother Gaynor Keeble
Stella
an Italian prima donna 		Olga Sabadoch
Tavern habitués, waiters, students, opera audience, Spalanzani's guests, Venetians, shadows, cherubs, muses The Royal Opera Chorus
Extra Chorus
Actors
Children from A Chance to Dance
Euston Children from The Place
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: Performance dedicated to the memory of conductor Richard Hickox (1948-2008)
Language: French
Surtitled by: Jonathan Burton
Durations: Prologue and Act I: 6.32-7.43pm, Act II: 8.15-8.44pm, Act III and Epilogue: 9.12-10.12pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 25 November 2008 (in Royal Opera House Collections)