Costumes from The Tales of Hoffmann

Costumes designed and built by Emilica Sun Beahm, photos by David Scott Marley

Antonia-web

Angela Cadelago as Antonia. These pictures are from a dress rehearsal five days before opening. By opening night we'd dropped Antonia's petticoats.

Antonia's mother-web

Sara Couden as Antonia's mother

Christian-web

Christian Voitenleitner of the chorus

Dancing-web

Brian Rosen and Cathy Thompson rehearsing a minuet at Dr. Spalanzani's party

Giulietta-web

Angela Cadelago as Giulietta

Heidi-web

Heidi Bendorf of the chorus

Hermann-web

Brian Rosen as Hermann

Hoffmann Olympia Nicklaus-web

Adam Flowers as Hoffmann, Angela Cadelago as Olympia, and Nora Lennox Martin as Nicklaus

Kelcey-web

Choreographer and chorus member Kelcey Jay Poe, rehearsing a scene at Giulietta's party

Lindorf-web

Paul Christopher Murray as Councilor Lindorf

Mary-web

Mary Gallahue of the chorus

Nicklaus-web

Nora Lennox Martin as Nicklaus

Richard Toni Christian-web

Richard Goodman, Toni Dine, and Christian Voitenleitner of the chorus (not the same R.G. who founded Berkeley Opera 30 years ago)

Antonia Krespel-web

Angela Cadelago as Antonia and Wayne Wong as her father, Krespel, rehearsing the last moments of the second tale

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