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Carmen-4 July 1973 Evening 7.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Georg Solti
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Morales
an officer 		Thomas Allen
Micaela
a peasant girl 		Kiri Te Kanawa
Zuniga
a captain 		Richard Van Allan
Don José
a corporal of dragoons 		Plácido Domingo
Carmen
a cigarette girl and gipsy 		Shirley Verrett
Frasquita
gipsy, friend of Carmen 		Teresa Cahill
Mercédès
gipsy, friend of Carmen 		Anne Pashley
Escamillo
a toreador 		José Van Dam
Dancairo
a smuggler 		John Dobson
Remendado
a smuggler 		Francis Egerton
Innkeeper, Guide, Officers, Dragoons, Boys, Cigarette Girls, Gipsies, Smugglers, etc. The Royal Opera Chorus
Children from Haberdashers' Aske's School (Elstree)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: The National Anthem was played at the beginning and end of the performance.
Language: French
Durations: National Anthem: 7.32-7.33pm, Act I: 7.34-8.30pm, Act II: 8.59-9.45pm, Acts III and IV: 10.13-11.20pm, National Anthem: 11.26-11.27pm
Event: The Royal Opera Gala performance of 'Carmen' 4 July 1973
Radio - live relay : BBC Radio 3; 4 July 1973
Information source: Royal Opera House Gala programme for 4 July 1973 (in Royal Opera House Collections)