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The Magic Flute-1 November 1950 Evening 7.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Karl Rankl
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Thomas Matthews
Cast
Tamino
an Egyptian Prince 		Richard Lewis
First Lady
attending the Queen of Night 		Rosina Raisbeck
Second Lady
attending the Queen of Night 		Elizabeth Abercrombie
Third Lady
attending the Queen of Night 		Jean Watson
Papageno
a bird catcher 		Jess Walters
The Queen of the Night Wilma Lipp
First Boy
one of The Genii of the Temple 		Adele Leigh
Second Boy
one of The Genii of the Temple 		Patricia Howard
Third Boy
one of The Genii of the Temple 		Monica Sinclair
First Slave Ernest Rosser
Second Slave Stanford Thomas
Third Slave Ronald Lewis
Monostatos
a Moor in Sarastro's service 		Parry Jones
Pamina
daughter of the Queen of Night 		Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
The Speaker of the Temple John Cameron
Sarastro
High Priest of the Temple 		Marian Nowakowski
First Priest Edgar Evans
Second Priest Geraint Evans
Third Priest Ronald Firmager
Fourth Priest Basil Hemming
Papagena
Papageno's sweetheart 		Iris Kells
First Man in Armour Edgar Evans
Second Man in Armour Geraint Evans
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: E J Dent
Durations: Overture: 7.04-7.10pm, Act I: 7.11-8.11pm, Act II: 8.31-9.57pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 1 November 1950 (in Royal Opera House Collections)