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Les Contes d'Hoffmann

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Tales of Hoffmann
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1987-1988
Language
French

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Designer
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Supertitles
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Hoffmann
Olympia
Antonia
Giulietta, Stella
Muse of Poetry, Nicklausse
Voice of Antonia's Mother
Lindorf, Coppélius, Dappertutto, Dr. Miracle
Andrès, Cochenille, Frantz, Pittichinaccio
Crespel
Nathanaël
Hermann
Spalanzani
Schlemil

Show Dates

Time and Place

Early 19th century; Nuremberg, Munich and Venice

Scenes

PROLOGUE -- Luther's tavern in Nuremberg
Act I -- Spalanzani's house
INTERMISSION
Act II -- Crespel's house in Munich
INTERMISSION
Act III -- Giulietta's palace in Venice
EPILOGUE -- Luther's tavern

Media

Sponsors

The performance of December 11th is sponsored by your Northern California BMW dealers.

Acknowledgements

This presentation of "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" is made possible by Mr. & Mrs. John C. McGuire
and Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Tilton.

Supertitles provided by a generous and most appreciated gift from William and Eloise Rollnick.

Notes

This production is owned by the Greater Miami Opera Association

Costumes supplied by Malabar Ltd., Toronto

SUPERNUMERARIES
Susan Anderson
Katherine Brazaitis
Madeline Chase
Phoebe Ciaffi
Renée DeJarnatt
Robin Hodgkin
Valerie Klingenberg
Holly Morrison
Nancy Petrisko
Burgess Shiu
Carolyn Waugh
Sally Warren
Susan Weiss
Laurel Winzler

Peter Alfano
Richard Ares
Victor Banis
Stephen Bartlett-Re
Franklin Bauer
Steve Bauman
Bob Belt
Brett Bennett
John Bogan
Bruce Brown
Rick Campbell
Stewart Clark
David Clover
Don Correira
Roger Davidson
Terry DeMoss
Timothy Dials
Kermit DuVal
David Elkind
Peter Felleman
Kenneth Fox
Mickey Frettoloso
Eugenio Gamez
Phil Gibson
John Gilbert
Kyle Glenn
Richard Goldman
Albert Goodwyn
Bill Higgins
Mark Huelsmann
Joseph Kelley
Michael Kossman
David Larson
Gregory Lawrance
Martin Lewis
William Martin
Oren McEwen
Matthew Miller
Ian Mishkin
Paul Newman
Barry Nielsen
Chris Noll
Richard Pallowick
Michael Pesavento
David Peters
Tom Purcell
Steve Rades
Bill Randol
Paul Ricks
Steve Rosen
Michael Schoenig
Steve Siegelman
Art Simon
Ray Souza
Jim Stranberg
Max Subervi
Scott Swanson
Alvin Taylor
Allen Tusting
Alex Weibezahn
Rick Weil
Gary Wendt-Bogear
Joe Willis
Bruce Woodward