Cast & Characters

The Cast

Conductor: James Levine
Olympia: Kathleen Kim
Antonia: Anna Netrebko
Giulietta: Ekaterina Gubanova
Nicklausse/The Muse: Kate Lindsey
Hoffmann: Joseph Calleja
Four Villains: Alan Held

The Characters

Lindorf /lin-dorf/ -- (baritone) A councilor of Nuremberg.

Andrès /awn-dress/ -- (tenor) A servant.

Hermann /air-mahn/ -- (baritone) A student.

Luther /lyu-tare/ -- (bass) An innkeeper.

Nathaniel /nah-tah-nee-el/ -- (tenor) A student.
Hoffman /off-mahn/ -- (tenor) A poet and storyteller.

Nicklausse /nee-close/ -- (mezzo-soprano) Hoffmann's friend.

Spalanzani /spah-lahn-zah-nee/ -- (tenor) An inventor.

Cochenille /cosh-nee-yuh/ -- (tenor) Spalanzani's servant.

Coppélius /co-pay-lee-yus/ -- (baritone) Spalanzani's rival.

Olympia /oh-lahm-pee-yah/ -- (soprano) A mechanical doll.

Giulietta /joo-lee-et-tah/ -- (soprano) A courtesan.

Schlemil /shlay-meel/ -- (bass) Giulietta's lover.

Pitichinaccio /pee-tee-kee-naht-cho/ -- (tenor) Another of Giulietta's admirers.

Dapertutto /dap-pair-too-toh/ -- (baritone) A magician.

Antonia /awn-toe-nee-ah/ -- (soprano) A singer who inherited her mother's weak heart.

Crespel /cress-pell/ -- (baritone) A councilor of Munich, Antonia's father.

Franz /frahntz/ -- (tenor) Crespel's hard-of-hearing servant.

Dr. Miracle /duck-tair mee-rah-kluh/ -- (baritone) An evil sorcerer.

Voice of Antonia's mother - sung by a mezzo-soprano

Stella /stell-ah/ -- (soprano) An opera singer in love with Hoffmann.