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Il trovatore - 1 July 1953 Evening 7.00pm
Opera:
Performance details
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Company: |
Covent Garden Opera Company |
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Venue: |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |
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Performance status: |
Revival |
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Conductor
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Alberto Erede
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Chorus Master
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Douglas Robinson
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Leader
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Charles Taylor
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Cast |
Ferrando
an old retainer of the Count di Luna
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Giuseppe Modesti |
Leonora
a lady-in-waiting to the Queen of Aragon
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Maria Callas |
Ines
another lady-in-waiting
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Leonne Mills |
The Count di Luna
commander of the Royal Army of Aragon
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Jess Walters |
Manrico
a troubadour, supposed son of Azucena
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James Johnston |
Azucena
an old gipsy woman
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Giulietta Simionato |
| An old Gipsy
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Hubert Littlewood |
| A Messenger
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Emlyn Jones |
Ruiz
Manrico's retainer
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William McAlpine |
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The Covent Garden Opera Chorus |
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The Covent Garden Orchestra |
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Language: |
Italian |
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Durations: |
Act I: 7.03-7.55pm, Act II: 8.14-8.52pm, Act III: 9.08-9.49pm |
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Information source: |
Royal Opera House programme for 1 July 1953 (in Royal Opera House Collections) |