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Rigoletto-5 February 1958 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Edward Downes
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
The Duke of Mantua Albert Lance
Borsa
Gentleman of the Court 		Dermot Troy
Marullo
Gentleman of the Court 		David Allen
Count Ceprano
Gentleman of the Court 		Rhydderch Davies
Countess Ceprano Jeannette Sinclair
Rigoletto
the Court Jester 		John Shaw
Count Monterone David Kelly
Sparafucile
a hired assassin 		Michael Langdon
Gilda
Rigoletto's daughter 		Joan Sutherland
Giovanna
her nurse 		Lauris Elms
A Page Patricia du Heaume
An Usher Leonard Law
Maddalena
Sparafucile's sister 		Noreen Berry
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Opera Ballet
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Notes: English translation revised by Norman Feasey
Language: English
Translator: Natalia Macfarren
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 5 February 1958 (in Royal Opera House Collections)