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The Magic Flute-19 January 1953 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 John Pritchard
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Tamino
an Egyptian Prince 		Peter Pears
First Lady
attending the Queen of Night 		Joan Sutherland
Second Lady
attending the Queen of Night 		Janet Howe
Third Lady
attending the Queen of Night 		Jean Watson
Papageno
a bird catcher 		Geraint Evans
The Queen of the Night Ilse Hollweg
First Boy
one of The Genii of the Temple 		Iris Kells
Second Boy
one of The Genii of the Temple 		Leonne Mills
Third Boy
one of The Genii of the Temple 		Barbara Howitt
Monostatos
a Moor in Sarastro's service 		Anthony Marlowe
Pamina
daughter of the Queen of Night 		Adele Leigh
The Speaker of the Temple Inia Te Wiata
Sarastro
High Priest of the Temple 		Marian Nowakowski
First Priest William McAlpine
Second Priest Bryan Drake
Third Priest Hedworth Fisher
Fourth Priest Ronald Firmager
Papagena
Papageno's sweetheart 		Norah Cannell
First Man in Armour Thorsteinn Hannesson
Second Man in Armour Rhydderch Davies
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Children from Kingsland Central School
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: E J Dent
Durations: Overture: 7.02-7.08pm, Act I: 7.08-8.07pm, Act II: 8.27-9.46pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 19 January 1953 (in Royal Opera House Collections)