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Die ägyptische Helena-22 May 1998 Evening

Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Festival Hall, London
Performance status: Concert performance
Conductor Christian Thielemann
Chorus Director Terry Edwards
Concert Master Vasko Vassilev
Cast
Aithra
a sorceress 		Lyuba Kazarnovskaya
The Omniscent Shell Nancy Maultsby
First Servant Helen Field
Menelas (Menelaus)
Helena's husband 		John Horton Murray
Helena (Helen of Troy) Deborah Voigt
First Elf Jenny Grahn
Second Elf Alison Rayner
Third Elf Andrea Hazell
Fourth Elf Elizabeth Sikora
Altair
a nomad chieftain 		Alan Titus
Da-ud
his son 		Wilhelm Hartmann
Second Servant Gillian Knight
Hermione
daughter of Menelas and Helena 		Yvette Bonner
Elfin chorus, warriors, serving-maidens, boys and eunuchs The Royal Opera Chorus
Extra Chorus
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: German
Durations: Act I: 70 minutes, Interval: 25 minutes, Act II: 75 minutes
Information source: The Royal Opera programme for 22 and 25 May 1998 (in Royal Opera House Collections)