Les conte d'Hoffmann
Fantastic opera in five acts
Libretto
Jules Barbier (after the play with the same title of Jules Barbier and Michel Carré)
Premiere
10 February 1881, Paris (Opéra Comique)
Cast
HOFFMANN (tenor)
NICKLAUSSE (mezzo-soprano)
OLYMPIA (soprano)
ANTONIA (soprano)
GIULIETTA (soprano)
STELLA (soprano)
LINDORF (baritone)
COPPELIUS (baritone)
DR MIRACLE (baritone)
DAPERTUTTO (bass or baritone)
ANDRES (tenor)
COCHENILLE (tenor)
PITTICHINACCIO (tenor)
FRANTZ (tenor)
SPALANZANI (tenor)
NATHANAEL (tenor)
CRESPEL (bass or baritone)
LUTHER (bass)
HERMANN (bass or baritone)
SCHLEMIL (bass or baritone)
WOLFRAM (tenor)
WILHELM (bass)
VOICE OF ANTONIA'S MOTHER (mezzo-soprano)
CHORUS
students, party-goers, Venetians, servants
Place
Germany and Italy
Time
1800