Beverly Sills - THE TALES OF HOFFMANN 1

[THE TALES OF HOFFMANN] (Les Contes D’Hoffmann} An Opera Fantastique in Four Acts Music by Jacques Offenbach Libretto by Jules Barbier and Pierre Barbier Based on the stories of Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann First Performance: Opera Comique, Paris, France, February 10, 1881 Producer: Christopher Bishop Assistant to Producer: Gwyn Morris Recording Engineers: Robert J. Gooch, Richard Hale Recorded at the EMI Studios, London, England July! August 1972 Album Coordinator; Marty Goldstein [THE CAST] Olympia-a doll Giulietta-a courtesan Antonia Beverly Sills, soprano Stella Councillor Lindorf Coppélius-a friend of Spalanzani Norman Treigle, bass Dapertutto-a magician Dr. Miracle Hoffman-a young poet Stuart Burrows, tenor Nicklausse-Hoffmann’s companion Muse Susanne Marsee, mezzo-soprano Spalanzani-an inventor Andrès-a servant Nico Castel, tenor Frantz-a servant Pitchinaccio Crespel-Antonia’s father Robert LIoyd, bass Antonia’s mother Patricia Kern, mezzo-soprano Hermann-a student Schlemil-Giulietta’s protector Raimund Herincx, baritone Nathanael Bernard Dickerson, tenor Cochenille Luther-an innkeeper John Noble, baritone Students in the tavern, guests of Spalanzani and Giulietta London Symphony Orchestra Julius Rudel,conductor John Alldis Chorus John Alldis, chorus master