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Alceste-26 November 1981 Evening

Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Charles Mackerras
Chorus Master John McCarthy
Cast
Le Héraut Philip Gelling
Évandre
confident 		Maldwyn Davies
Alceste
Reine de la Thessalie 		Janet Baker
Le Grand Prétre John Shirley-Quirk
L'Oracle Matthew Best
Admète
Roi de la Thessalie 		Robert Tear
Admète
Roi de la Thessalie 		David Hillman
Le Dieu Hercule Jonathan Summers
Un Dieu Infernal John Shirley-Quirk
Le Dieu Apollon Philip Gelling
Coryphée Elaine Mary Hall
Coryphée Janice Hooper-Roe
Coryphée Mark Curtis
Coryphée Matthew Best
Principal Dancers
Act II
Alceste Rashna Homji
Admète Stephen Jefferies
La Mort William Louther
Apollon Anthony van Laast
Act III
Néréide Rashna Homji
Néréide Cherida Langford
Néréide Graciela Kaplan
Néréide Stephen Jefferies
Néréide Anthony van Laast
Néréide Mark Wraith
Peuple de la Thessalie, Divinités infernales The Royal Opera Chorus
Dancers
Harpsichord continuo Maurits Sillem
Children from Sussex House School
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: The role of Admète was sung by Robert Tear during Acts I and II, after which he was unable to continue and was replaced in Act III by David Hillman.
Language: French
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 26 November 1981 (in Royal Opera House Collections)