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Semele-25 November 1982 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Charles Mackerras
Chorus Master John McCarthy
Leader David Nolan
Cast
Athamas
prince of Boeotia, betrothed to Semele 		John York Skinner
Ino
daughter of Cadmus, in love with Athamas 		Kathleen Kuhlmann
Semele
sister of Ino, in love with Jupiter 		Valerie Masterson
Cadmus
king of Thebes, their father 		John Tomlinson
Jupiter
king of the gods 		Robert Tear
Juno
his queen 		Kathleen Kuhlmann
Iris
her attendant messenger 		Marie McLaughlin
Somnus
god of sleep 		Gwynne Howell
Pasithea
a nymph 		Sarah Williams
Pasithea
a nymph 		Louise Hanson
Apollo
god of the sun 		Robin Leggate
Bacchus
god of the vine 		Peter Van Gelder
Priests and Augurs, Loves, Zephyrs, Nymphs and Swains, Attendants The Royal Opera Chorus
Dancers
Harpsichord continuo Maurits Sillem
Baroque organ continuo John Bacon
Baroque cello continuo Christopher Vanderspar
Children from South London Ballet School
Children from Sandra Patmore School of Dance
Students of the Urdang Academy
Children from The London Oratory School
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 25 November 1982 (in Royal Opera House Collections)