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Albert Herring-1 May 1989 Evening 7.30pm

Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Roger Norrington
Leader Hugh Maguire
Cast
Lady Billows
an elderly autocrat 		Pauline Tinsley
Florence Pike
her housekeeper 		Felicity Palmer
Miss Wordsworth
Head Teacher at the Church School 		Elizabeth Gale
Mr Gedge
the Vicar 		Derek Hammond-Stroud
Mr Upfold
the Mayor 		Alexander Oliver
Superintendent Budd Richard Van Allan
Sid
A butcher's assistant 		Jeffrey Black
Albert Herring
from the greengrocer's 		John Graham-Hall
Nancy
from the bakery 		Eirian James
Mrs Herring
Albert's mother 		Patricia Kern
Emmie
Village child 		Maria Bovino
Cis
Village child 		Bernadette Lord
Harry
Village child 		Paolo di Zenzo
Farmer John Ayldon
Amelia Keats Joanna Bacon
Busybody Lisa Bergmayr
Mayor's Man Anthony Buckeridge
Policeman Pat Cleary
Miss Toole Juliet Darnley
Squire David Edgell
Mrs Sparks Jane Evers
Mr Collins Michael Hansen
Policeman Nicholas Harrison
Milkman Raymond Williams
Mrs Collins Lynden McIntyre
Post Mistress Georgina Place
District Nurse Jacqui Sheehy
Mrs Williams Sonia Siddons
Reporter John Tindle
Casual Labourer Frank Harvey
Children from Haberdashers' Aske's School for Boys (Elstree)
Children from Sandra Patmore School of Dance
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: English
Durations: Act I: 7.32-8.27pm, Act II: 9.00-9.53pm, Act III: 9.59-10.28pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 1 May 1989 (in Royal Opera House Collections)