The Tales of Hoffmann Composer Jacques Offenbach Librettists Jules Barbier and Michel Carré Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Pasadena, CA Venue Pasadena Civic Auditorium Season 1945 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Hoffmann, the poet Raoul Jobin Nicklausse, his friend Herta Glaz Olympia, a mechanical doll Evelynn Corvello Giulietta, the courtesan Lily Djanel Antonia, daughter of Crespel Licia Albanese Voice of the Mother Claramae Turner Coppélius Ezio Pinza Dapertutto Mack Harrell Dr. Miracle Ezio Pinza Schlemil, lover of Giulietta Walter Olitzki Spalanzani Alessio De Paolis Crespel, father of Antonia Lorenzo Alvary Frantz Alessio De Paolis Nathanaël Joseph Tissier Cochenille John Garris Pittichinaccio John Garris Hermann Robert Mills Luther W. Vernon Sanders Show Dates Tue, Oct 30 1945, 8:15pm Time and Place Nineteenth Century; Various parts of Europe Scenes PROLOGUE 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 Notes Corps de Ballet