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Tannhäuser-21 November 1955 Evening

Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Rudolf Kempe
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Tannhäuser Wilhelm Ernest
Venus Maria von Ilosvay
A Shepherd Josephine Veasey
Hermann
Landgrave of Thuringia 		Frederick Dalberg
Walther von der Vogelweide William McAlpine
Biterolf Forbes Robinson
Wolfram von Eschenbach Jess Walters
Heinrich der Schreiber Raymond Nilsson
Reinmar von Zweter Michael Langdon
Elisabeth
niece of the Landgrave 		Sylvia Fisher
Noble Page Joan Carlyle
Noble Page Alexandra Cook
Noble Page Josephine Veasey
Noble Page Lilian Simmons
Principal Dancer Julia Farron
Principal Dancer Gilbert Vernon
Thuringian Nobles, Knights and Ladies, Elder and Younger Pilgrims, Sirens, Naiads, Nymphs and Bacchantes The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Opera Ballet
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: Ernest Newman
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 21 November 1955 (in Royal Opera House Collections)