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I Pagliacci-16 December 1959 Evening 7.30

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Bryan Balkwill
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Canio
(in the play 'Pagliaccio'), head of a troupe of strolling players 		Jon Vickers
Tonio
(in the play 'Taddeo'), a clown 		Geraint Evans
Nedda
(in the play 'Columbine'), wife of Canio 		Joan Carlyle
Beppe
(in the play 'Harlequin') 		Kenneth MacDonald
Silvio
a villager 		Hugh Beresford
Villager Reginald Reece
Villager John Roche
Villagers The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Fire-eater Charles Holland
Students of Edith Cavell Secondary School
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: Italian
Durations: Entire work: 9.34-10.48pm
Event: Number 2 in Covent Garden Opera Company mixed programme 23 March 1960
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 16 December 1959 (in Royal Opera House Collections)