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The Carmelites-16 January 1958 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Rafael Kubelik
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Marquis de la force Jess Walters
The Chevalier
his son 		John Lanigan
Blanche
his daughter (Sister Blanche of the Agony of Christ) 		Elsie Morison
Thierry
a valet 		Rhydderch Davies
Mme. de Croissy
(Prioress, The Mother Henriette of Jesus) 		Jean Watson
Sister Constance of St. Denis Jeannette Sinclair
Mother Marie of the Incarnation
(Assistant Prioress) 		Sylvia Fisher
M. Javelinot
a doctor 		Robert Allman
Mmm. Lidoine
(New Prioress, Mother Marie of St. Augustine) 		Joan Sutherland
Mother Jeanne of the Child Jesus
(Dean) 		Lauris Elms
Sister Mathilde Josephine Veasey
Father Confessor Dermot Troy
First Commissary David Tree
Second Commissary Ronald Lewis
First Officer David Allen
Gaoler William Dickie
Carmelite Dorothy Yeowart
Carmelite Phyllis Simons
Carmelite Margaret Lane
Carmelite Leah Roberts
Carmelite Gisella Gondos
Carmelite Hazel Clare
Carmelite Jeanne Bowden
Carmelite Catherine Harding
Carmelite Alexandra Cook
Carmelite Vera Hoddinott
Carmelite Nada Pobjoy
An Aristocrat
speaking part 		George Barker
A Market Woman
speaking part 		Jean Povey
An Old Lady
speaking part 		Judith Stubbs
Officials of the Municipality, Officers, Policemen, Prisoners, Guards, Townsfolk
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: Joseph Machlis
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 16 January 1958 (in Royal Opera House Collections)