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Les Troyens-17 September 1969 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Colin Davis
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Cassandra
a prophetess, daughter of Priam 		Anja Silja
A Trojan Soldier Hugh Sheehan
Choroebus
her betrothed 		Peter Glossop
Priam
King of Troy 		David Kelly
Helenus
son of Priam, a priest 		Edgar Evans
Hecuba
wife of Priam 		Elizabeth Bainbridge
Polyxena
daughter of Priam 		Gillian Ramsden
Andromache
widow of Hector 		Aspassia Papathanassiou
Astynax
her son 		Ian Hair
Pantheus
a Trojan Priest 		Anthony Raffell
Aeneas
a Trojan Hero 		Jon Vickers
Ascanius
son of Aneas 		Anne Howells
Ghost of Hector Dennis Wicks
Greek Captain Eric Garrett
Greek Captain George Macpherson
Dido
Queen of Carthage 		Josephine Veasey
Anna
her sister 		Heather Begg
Narbal
Dido's minister 		Michael Langdon
Iopas
a Carthaginian poet 		Ian Partridge
The God Mercury Anthony Sweeny
Hylas
a young Trojan sailor 		Ryland Davies
First Sentry Michael Rippon
Second Sentry Dennis Wicks
Ghost of Cassandra Margarete Williams
Ghost of Choroebus Peter Glossop
Ghost of Hector Dennis Wicks
Ghost Priam David Kelly
Soldiers of Greece, Troy and Carthage, Citizens, Women, Children, Shepherds, Priestesses, Courtiers and Sailors The Royal Opera Chorus
The Royal Opera Ballet
Students of Finchley Catholic Grammar School
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: French
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 17 September 1969 (in Royal Opera House Collections)