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'TALES OF HOFFMANN'

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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Part 1
A fantastic opera in three acts, with a prologue and epilogue by Jules Barbier. English words by Edward Agate. Narration written and spoken by Dennis Arundell
Music by Jacques Offenbach
Prologue : Luther's Tavern, Nuremberg. Evening
Act I : A room in Spalanzani's house
(many years previously)
BBC Theatre Chorus
Trained by Charles Groves
BBC Theatre Orchestra
Leader, Tate Gilder
Conductor, Stanford Robinson
The opera produced by Stanford Robinson , in collaboration with Mark H. Lubbock

Contributors

Unknown:
Jules Barbier.
Unknown:
Edward Agate.
Spoken By:
Dennis Arundell
Leader:
Tate Gilder
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson
Produced By:
Stanford Robinson
Unknown:
Mark H. Lubbock
Hoffmann, a poet, middle-aged:
Henry Wendon
Nicklaus, a younger man, his pupil:
Gladys Ripley
Councillor Lindorf:
Dennis Noble
Andreas, a manservant:
Jan van Der Gucht
Luther, innkeeper:
Robert Easton
Students Hermann:
Dennis Dowling
Students Nathaniel:
James Topping
Hoffmann:
Henry Wendon
Nicklaus ':
Gladys Ripley
Spalanzani, an eccentric inventor:
James Topping
Cochenille, his manservant:
Jan van Der Gucht
Coppelius, another eccentric:
Dennis Noble
Olympia, a mechanical doll:
Gwen Catley
Source: Radio Times

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