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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg-5 July 1951 Evening 6.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Guest Conductor Thomas Beecham
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Thomas Matthews
Cast
Eva
daughter of Pogner 		Elisabeth Grummer
Magdalene
her nurse 		Constance Shacklock
Pogner
a goldsmith 		Ludwig Weber
Walther von Stolzing
a young knight 		Peter Anders
David
Sach's apprentice 		Murray Dickie
Mastersingers
Sachs
a shoemaker 		Karl Kamann
Beckmesser
the town-clerk 		Benno Kusche
Kothner
a baker 		Rhydderch Davies
Nachtigall
a tinsmith 		Ernest Davies
Zorn
a pewterer 		Emlyn Jones
Eisslinger
a grocer 		Dennis Stephenson
Vogelgesang
a furrier 		Edgar Evans
Moser
a tailor 		David Tree
Foltz
a coppersmith 		Ronald Lewis
Ortel
a soap-boiler 		Marian Nowakowski
Schwarz
a stocking-weaver 		Charles Morris
Night-Watchman Geraint Evans
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Students of the Sadler's Wells School of Ballet
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: German
Durations: Act I: 6.06-7.25pm, Act II: 7.50-8.55pm, Act III scene 1: 9.30-10.44pm, Act III scene 2: 10.47-11.28pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 5 July 1951 (in Royal Opera House Collections)