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Aida-24 January 1968 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Edward Downes
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Ramfis
High Priest of Isis 		Joseph Rouleau
Radames
Captain of the Egyptian Guard 		Jon Vickers
Amneris
daughter of the King of Egypt 		Grace Bumbry
Aida
Ethiopian slave to Amneris 		Gwyneth Jones
The King of Egypt David Kelly
A Messenger Glynne Thomas
A Priestess Anne Finley
Amonasro
King of Ethiopia, father of Aida 		John Shaw
Solo dancer Monica Mason
Solo dancer David Drew
Solo dancer Ian Hamilton
Solo dancer Kenneth Mason
Ministers of the King, Priests and Priestesses, Officers and Soldiers, Attendants on Amneris, People of Egypt, Ethiopian Prisoners The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Opera Ballet
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: Italian
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 24 January 1968 (in Royal Opera House Collections)