The setting is Luther’s Tavern in Nuremberg adjoining an opera house in which Don Giovanni is being performed. The Muse of the poet Hoffmann enlists the help of spirits to keep Hoffmann away from Stella, an opera singer with whom he is infatuated. Then the Muse assumes the guise of Nicklausse, Hoffmann’s friend. Councillor Lindorg, a rival for Stella’s affections, plots to undo Hoffmann. During the interval for Don Giovanni, a crowd of students fills the tavern. They prevail on Hoffmann to sing them the ballad of a grotesque dwarf Kleinzach, in the midst of which he indulges in a reverie about Stella. Lindorg goads Hoffmann, who blames him for his thwarted love affairs. Mellowed by punch, he begins to tell the story of three past loves…
- Director
- Stuart Maunder AM
- Conductor
- Benjamin Northey
- Assistant Director & Choreographer
- Elizabeth Hill
- Set & Costume Designer
- Roger Kirk AM
- Lighting
- Nigel Levings
- Hoffmann
- Rosario La Spina
- Olympia / Giulietta / Antonia / Stella
- Emma Matthews
- Lindorf / Coppelius / Dr. Miracle / Dappertutto
- Douglas McNicol
- Nicklausse / Muse
- Sally-Anne Russell
- Nathanael / Andres / Cochenille / Pittichinaccio / Frantz
- Adam Goodburn
- Spalanzani / Luther / Crespel
- Andrew Collis
- Schlemil / Hermann
- David Thelander
- Antonia's Mother
- Elizabeth Campbell
State Opera Chorus
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📸 Annie Aitken in the 2018 performance of Candide directed by Mitchell Butel with the Sydney Philharmonia Choir. Photo by Grant Leslie
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