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Les Contes d'Hoffmann-24 February 1992 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 Jeffrey Tate
Chorus Director Terry Edwards
Leader John Brown
Cast
The Muse of Poetry
later disguised as Nicklaus, Hoffmann's companion 		Jean Rigby
Lindorf
an unscrupulous politician 		Gregory Yurisich
Andrès
Stella's private secretary 		Francis Egerton
Luther
the tavern proprieter 		Eric Garrett
Hermann
a student 		Mark Beesley
Nathanael
a student 		Lynton Atkinson
Hoffmann
a poet 		Jerry Hadley
Spalanzani
an eccentric inventor 		John Dobson
Cochenille
Spalanzani's servant 		Francis Egerton
Olympia
a mechanical doll, Spalanzani's 'daughter' 		Sumi Jo
Coppélius
an itinerant optician 		Gregory Yurisich
Giulietta
a courtesan 		Anne Howells
Pittichinaccio
Giulietta's servant 		Francis Egerton
Schlemil
Giulietta's current lover 		Bruno Caproni
Dappertutto
an evil magician 		Gregory Yurisich
Antonia
Crespel's frail daughter 		Leontina Vaduva
Crespel
a collector of musical instruments 		Gwynne Howell
Frantz
Crespel's servant 		Francis Egerton
Miracle
a doctor 		Gregory Yurisich
Spirit of Antonia's mother Anne-Marie Owens
Stella
an Italian prima donna 		Deanne Bergsma
Tavern habitués, waiters, students, opera audience, Spalanzani's guests, Venetians, shadows The Royal Opera Chorus
Extra Chorus
Actors
Children from Finchley Catholic High School
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: French
Surtitled by: Andrew Sinclair
Durations: Prologue and Act I: 7.07-8.12pm, Act II: 8.47-9.15pm, Act III and Epilogue: 9.47-10.51pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet for 24 February 1992 (in Royal Opera House Collections)