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Rigoletto-23 November 1972 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor David Atherton
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader George Hallam
Cast
The Duke of Mantua Giacomo Aragall
Borsa
Gentleman of the Court 		John Dobson
Marullo
Gentleman of the Court 		Thomas Allen
Count Ceprano
Gentleman of the Court 		Eric Garrett
Countess Ceprano Jean Holmes
Rigoletto
the Court Jester 		Thomas Tipton
Count Monterone Robert Lloyd
Sparafucile
a professional assassin 		Joseph Rouleau
Gilda
Rigoletto's daughter 		Lucia Popp
Giovanna
her nurse 		Elizabeth Shelley
A Page Fernanda Iozzo
An Usher William Clothier
Maddalena
Sparafucile's sister 		Gillian Knight
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, Artists, Servants, Pages, Guards The Royal Opera Chorus
Artists of The Royal Ballet
Children from Finchley High School
Children from the Bush Davies Ballet School
Children from the Brooking Ballet School
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: Italian
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 23 November 1972 (in Royal Opera House Collections)