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Alcina-8 March 1962 Evening

Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Bryan Balkwill
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Bradamante Monica Sinclair
Melisso
Bradamante's guardian 		Forbes Robinson
Morgana
Alcina's sister 		Elizabeth Vaughan
Alcina Joan Sutherland
Ruggiero
betrothed to Bradamante 		Margreta Elkins
Oronte
Alcina's general 		Kenneth MacDonald
Principal Dancer Deanne Bergsma
Principal Dancer Derek Rencher
Harpsichord Player James Gibson
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Opera Ballet
Children from Kynaston Secondary School
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: Italian
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 8 March 1962 (in Royal Opera House Collections)