The Tales of Hoffmann Composer Jacques Offenbach Librettists Jules Barbier and Michel Carré Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1944 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Settings designed by Armando Agnini Cast Hoffmann, the poet Raoul Jobin Nicklausse, his friend Herta Glaz Olympia, a mechanical doll Virginia MacWatters Giulietta, the courtesan Lily Djanel Antonia, daughter of Crespel Licia Albanese Voice of the Mother Claramae Turner Coppélius Ezio Pinza Dapertutto Francesco Valentino Dr. Miracle Ezio Pinza Schlemil, lover of Giulietta George Cehanovsky Spalanzani Alessio De Paolis Crespel, father of Antonia Lorenzo Alvary Frantz Alessio De Paolis Nathanaël Joseph Tissier Cochenille John Garris Pittichinaccio John Garris Hermann Edward Wellman Luther W. Vernon Sanders Show Dates Sun, Nov 5 1944, 2:15pm Time and Place Nineteenth Century; various parts of Europe Scenes 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 Notes Settings constructed in the studios of the San Francisco Opera Association