Cast Page - San Francisco Opera Performance Archive

Cast Page - San Francisco Opera Performance Archive

San Francisco
Opera Assn.
Shrine
Auditorium
1944
The Tales of Hoffmann
Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Los Angeles)
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Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Los Angeles)
(in French)
Opera in three acts by Jacques Offenbach
Libretto by Barbier and Carré
Based on stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann
Conductor
Gaetano Merola
Stage director
Armando Agnini
Chorus Director
Kurt Herbert Adler
Settings designed by
Armando Agnini
CAST
Hoffmann, the poet
Nicklausse, his friend
Olympia, the mechanical doll
Giulietta, the courtesan
Antonia, daughter of Crespel
Voice of the Mother
Coppélius
Dapertutto
Dr. Miracle
Schlemil, lover of Giulietta
Spalanzani
Crespel, father of Antonia
Frantz
Raoul Jobin
Herta Glaz
Virginia MacWatters
Lily Djanel
Licia Albanese
Claramae Turner
Ezio Pinza
Francesco Valentino
Ezio Pinza
George Cehanovsky
Alessio De Paolis
Lorenzo Alvary
Alessio De Paolis
Nathanaël
Joseph Tissier
Cochenille
John Garris
Pittichinaccio
John Garris
Hermann
Luther
*Role debut
Edward Wellman
W. Vernon Sanders
†U.S. opera debut
PLACE AND TIME: Nineteenth Century; various parts of Europe
Sunday, November 5 1944, at 2:15 PM
PROLOGUE -- Interior of Luther's Tavern
Act I -- Ballroom in Spalanzani's House
Act II -- Court of a Palace on the Grand Canal, Venice
Act III -- Room in Antonia's Home, Munich
EPILOGUE -- Same as Prologue
San Francisco
Opera Assn.
Shrine
Auditorium
1944
Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Los Angeles)
Sponsors:
Notes:
Settings constructed in the studios of the San Francisco Opera Association
The Tales of Hoffmann
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