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Aida-2 June 1984 Evening 7.00pm

Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Zubin Mehta
Chorus Master for this production Johannes Mikkelson
Leader John Brown
Cast
Aida
Ethiopian slave 		Katia Ricciarelli
Amneris
daughter of the King of Egypt 		Stefania Toczyska
Radamès
Captain of the Guard 		Luciano Pavarotti
Amonasro
King of Ethiopia and father of Aida 		Ingvar Wixell
Ramfis
High Priest 		Paata Burchuladze
The King of Egypt Sean Rea
A Messenger John Dobson
High Priestess Marie McLaughlin
Priests, Priestesses, Ministers, Officers, Officials, Slaves and Ethiopian Prisoners, the Egyptian Populace The Royal Opera Chorus
Children from the Blessed Sacrament R.C. Primary School (Islington)
Children from St John the Evangelist R.C. Primary School (Islington)
Gymnasts Heathrow Gymnastic Club
Gymnasts Raans Gymnastic Club
Gymnasts Junior Associates of The Royal Ballet School
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: Performance dedicated to the memory of Douglas Robinson, first Chorus Master of the Covent Garden Opera Company.
Language: Italian
Durations: Act I: 7.08-7.45pm, Act II: 7.49-8.30pm, Act III: 9.08-9.38pm, Act IV: 9.43-10.15pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme and stage manager's report for 2 June 1984 (in Royal Opera House Collections)