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Rigoletto-30 December 1966 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Edward Downes
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
The Duke of Mantua Giacomo Aragall
Borsa
Gentleman of the Court 		John Lanigan
Marullo
Gentleman of the Court 		Napoleon Bisson
Count Ceprano
Gentleman of the Court 		Eric Garrett
Countess Ceprano Margaret Smith
Rigoletto
the Court Jester 		Cornell Macneil
Count Monterone Forbes Robinson
Sparafucile
a professional assassin 		Joseph Rouleau
Gilda
Rigoletto's daughter 		Reri Grist
Giovanna
her nurse 		Elizabeth Shelley
A Page Celia Penney
An Usher William Clothier
Maddalena
Sparafucile's sister 		Josephine Veasey
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, Artists, Servants, Pages, Guards The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Opera Ballet
Children from Tollington Park School
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: Italian
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 30 December 1966 (in Royal Opera House Collections)