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Rigoletto-8 October 1949 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Peter Gellhorn
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Joseph Shadwick
Cast
The Duke of Mantua Kenneth Neate
Borsa
Gentleman of the Court 		Edgar Evans
Marullo
Gentleman of the Court 		Ernest Davies
Count Ceprano Geraint Evans
Countess Ceprano Adele Leigh
Rigoletto
the Court Jester 		Tom Williams
Count Monterone Rhydderch Davies
Sparafucile
a hired assassin 		David Franklin
Gilda
Rigolettos's daughter 		Erna Berger
Giovanna
her nurse 		Lilian Simmons
A Page Vera Hoddinott
An Usher Ronald Lewis
Maddelana
Sparafucile's sister 		Edith Coates
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: Natalia Macfarren
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 8 October 1949 (in Royal Opera House Collections)