André Cluytens,
conductor. Nicolai Gedda, tenor (Hoffmann); Gianna d'Angelo, soprano (Olympia);
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano (Giulietta); Victoria de los Angeles, soprano
(Antonio); Christiane Gayraud, mezzo-soprano (la mère d'Antonia); Renée
Faure, spoken role (Stella / la Muse); Jean-Christophe Benoit, baritone (Nicklausse);
Nicola Ghiuselev, bass (Lindorf), George London, bass (Coppélius, Miracle);
Ernest Blanc, baritone (Dapertutto); Michel Sénéchal, tenor (Spalanzani),
Jean-Pierre Laffage, baritone (Schlémil / Luther); Robert Geay, bass
(Crespel), André Mallabrera, tenor (Nathanaël), Jacques Pruvost,
baritone (Hermann); Jacques Loreau, tenor (Andrès / Cochenille, Frantz,
Pitichinaccio); Jeanine Collard, mezzo-soprano (2nd voice in barcarolle). Choeurs
René Duclos, Jean Laforge, chef.
DESCRIPTION: 3 discs,
33 1/3 rpm, stereo, 12 in.
NOTES: Recorded 1-5,
8-11, 14-15, 21-23 September 1964 in 17 sessions; also October, and December
1964, Salle Wagram; May 1965, Barcelona. Duration 152 minutes.
