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The Magic Flute-6 January 1951 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 Erich Kleiber
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Thomas Matthews
Cast
Tamino
an Egyptian Prince 		Peter Pears
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 Rayen Quitral
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 		Uta Graf
The Speaker of the Temple Inia Te Wiata
Sarastro
High Priest of the Temple 		Marian Nowakowski
First Priest Dennis Stephenson
Second Priest Geraint Evans
Third Priest Ronald Firmager
Fourth Priest Basil Hemming
Papagena
Papageno's sweetheart 		Iris Kells
First Man in Armour Dennis Stephenson
Second Man in Armour Geraint Evans
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: E J Dent
Durations: Overture: 7.03-7.10pm, Act I: 7.11-8.07pm, Act II: 8.26-9.45pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 6 January 1951 (in Royal Opera House Collections)