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La Damnation de Faust-18 August 1963 Evening

Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Georg Solti
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Marguerite Josephine Veasey
Faust Nicolai Gedda
Brander George London
Méphistophélès Robert Savoie
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Edinburgh The Boys of St Mary's Catholic Cathedral
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Notes: The programme does not specify which singer played which character. The cast listing given here is an assumption based on the soloists' voice types. The programme states that the performance was 'broadcast', but gives no further information.
Language: French
Information source: Covent Garden Opera Company programme for 18 August 1963 (in Royal Opera House Collections)