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Tales of Hoffmann at the ENO

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Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 10 February 2012
Offenbach, Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Antony Walker, Conductor
English National Opera Orchestra
Richard Jones, Director
Giles Cadle, Set Designer
Barry Banks, Hoffmann
Georgia Jarman, Olympia
Clive Bayley, Lindorf
Christine Rice, Nicklausse
Simon Butteriss, Frantz
Richard Angas, Luther
English National Opera Chorus
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