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Les Contes D'Hoffmann (35)

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Tales of Hoffmann

Music

Jacques Offenbach (87)

Lyrics

Jules Barbier (3), Michel Carre (4)

Book

Jules Barbier (3), Michel Carre (4)

Recording Details

Date

1951

Type

Video / Film Cast

Language

English

Location

UK / England / Surrey

Theatre/Venue

The Archers

Book

Michael Powell (2), Emeric Pressburger (2)

Translation

Dennis Arundell

Director

Michael Powell (2), Emeric Pressburger (2)

Conductor

Thomas Beecham

Performer

Joan Alexander, Frederick Ashton, Ann Ayars (3), Dorothy Bond, Owen Brannigan (20), Grahame Clifford, Bruce Dargavel, Murray Dickie (3), Richard Golding (3), Margherita Grandi, Lionel Harris, Robert Helpmann (8), Philip Leaver, Léonide Massine, Meinhart Maur, Fisher Morgan (5), Brown Pamela, Robert Rounseville (15), The Sadler's Wells Chorus, Moira Shearer, Monica Sinclair (19), Rene Soames, Ludmilla Tcherina (3), Mogens Wieth (2)

Musician

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (63)

Notes

Dorothy Bond dubs Moira Shearer as Stella/Olympia. Monica Sinclair dubs as Nicklaus. Margherita Grandi dubs Ludmilla Tcherina as Giulietta. Bruce Dargavel dubs Robert Helpmann as Lindorf/Coppélius/Dapertutto/Dr Miracle. Rene Soames dubs Lionel Harris as Pitichinaccio. Fisher Morgan dubs Meinhart Maur as Luther. Grahame Clifford dubs Léonide Massine as Spalanzani/Franz. Murray Dickie dubs Frederick Ashton as Cochenille and John Ford as Nathaniel. Owen Brannigan dubs Richard Golding as Hermann, Léonide Massine as Schlemil, and Mogens Wieth as Crespel.

Shortcode

[r27073]

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