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Carmen-26 April 1991 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Zubin Mehta
Chorus Director Robin Stapleton
Leader John Brown
Cast
Morales
a corporal 		Christopher Booth-Jones
Micaëla
a country girl 		Leontina Vaduva
Don José
a corporal 		Luis Lima
Zuniga
a lieutenant 		Roderick Earle
Carmen
a gypsy 		Maria Ewing
Frasquita
a gypsy friend of Carmen 		Judith Howarth
Mercédès
a gypsy friend of Carmen 		Jean Rigby
Lillas Pastia
owner of a tavern 		Daniel Pageon
Principal flamenco dancer Juan Ortega
Andrès
an officer 		Jean-Pierre Blanchard
Escamillo
a torero 		Gino Quilico
Dancaïro
a smuggler 		Bruno Caproni
Remendado
a smuggler 		Francis Egerton
Guide Jean Rosol
Soldiers, cigarette girls, suitors, townspeople, gypsies, waiters, smugglers, banderillos, picadors and matadors The Royal Opera Chorus
Actors
Dancers
Elstree Choir of Haberdashers' Boys School
Children from Eastcourt Independent School (Goodmayes)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: French
Surtitled by: Lionel Salter
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet for 16 April 1991 (in Royal Opera House Collections)