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Rigoletto-5 November 1954 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Peter Gellhorn
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
The Duke of Mantua Nicolai Gedda
Borsa
Gentleman of the Court 		William McAlpine
Marullo
Gentleman of the Court 		Ronald Lewis
Count Ceprano
Gentleman of the Court 		Rhydderch Davies
Countess Ceprano April Cantelo
Rigoletto
the Court Jester 		Marko Rothmüller
Count Monterone Frederick Dalberg
Sparafucile
a hired assassin 		Michael Langdon
Gilda
Rigoletto's daughter 		Mattiwilda Dobbs
Giovanna
her nurse 		Elizabeth Goodall
A Page Patricia Jackson
An Usher Hubert Littlewood
Maddalena
Sparafucile's sister 		Edith Coates
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Opera Ballet
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: Natalia Macfarren
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 5 November 1954 (in Royal Opera House Collections)