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Die Fledermaus-31 December 1977 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 Master John Bacon
Leader John Brown
Cast
Adele
Rosalinde's maid 		Hildegard Heichele
Rosalinde
Eisenstein's wife 		Kiri Te Kanawa
Alfred
a singing teacher 		Ryszard Karczykowski
Gabriel von Eisenstein
a gentleman of leisure 		Hermann Prey
Blind
Eisenstein's lawyer 		Paul Crook
Falke
a solicitor 		Benjamin Luxon
Colonel Frank
Governor of the Prison 		Michael Langdon
Ida
Adele's sister 		Kate Gielgud
Ivan
servant to Prince Orlofsky 		Richard Hazell
Prince Orlofsky
a young and wealthy Russian nobleman 		Robert Tear
Guest of Prince Orlofsky Merle Park
Guest of Prince Orlofsky Wayne Eagling
Frosch
a gaoler 		Josef Meinrad
Guests and Servants The Royal Opera Chorus
Dancers
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: Transmitted by satellite to the USA for transmission later the same day
Language: German
Television - live relay : BBC 2; 31 December 1977
Radio - live relay : BBC Radio 3; 31 December 1977
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 31 December 1977 (in Royal Opera House Collections)