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Les Contes d'Hoffmann-10 October 2000 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Emmanuel Villaume
Chorus Director Terry Edwards
Concert Master Vasko Vassilev
Cast
The Muse of Poetry
later disguised as Nicklaus, Hoffmann's companion 		Petia Petrova
Lindorf
an unscrupulous politician 		Michele Pertusi
Andrès
Stella's private secretary 		Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
Luther
the tavern proprietor 		Eric Garrett
Hermann
a student 		Quentin Hayes
Nathanael
a student 		Peter Auty
Hoffmann
a poet 		Marcelo Álvarez
Spalanzani
an eccentric inventor 		Robert Tear
Cochenille
Spalanzani's servant 		Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
Olympia
a mechanical doll, Spalanzani's 'daughter' 		Desirée Rancatore
Coppélius
an itinerant optician 		Michele Pertusi
Giulietta
a courtesan 		Irini Tsirakidis
Pittichinaccio
Giulietta's servant 		Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
Schlemil
Giulietta's current lover 		Roderick Earle
Dappertutto
an evil magician 		Michele Pertusi
Antonia
Crespel's frail daughter 		Angela Gheorghiu
Crespel
a collector of musical instruments 		Peter Rose
Frantz
Crespel's servant 		Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
Miracle
a doctor 		Michele Pertusi
Spirit of Antonia's mother Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Stella
an Italian prima donna 		Maria Koripas
Tavern habitués, waiters, students, opera audience, Spalanzani's guests, Venetians, shadows The Royal Opera Chorus
Extra Chorus
Actors
Children from The Young Place (Euston)
Children from Sandra Patmore School of Dance
Children from Barbara Speake Stage School (Acton)
ROH Education - Chance to Dance
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: French
Surtitled by: Andrew Sinclair
Durations: Prologue and Act I: 70 minutes, Interval: 30 minutes, Act II: 30 minutes, Interval: 25 minutes, Act III and Epilogue: 70 minutes
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet for 10 October 2000 (in Royal Opera House Collections)