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Rigoletto-17 May 1978 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Edward Downes
Chorus Master John Bacon
Leader Meyer Stolow
Cast
The Duke of Mantua Ryszard Karczykowski
Matteo Borsa
Gentleman of the Court of Mantua 		Robin Leggate
Marullo
Gentleman of the Court of Mantua 		Jonathan Summers
Count Ceprano
Gentleman of the Court of Mantua 		Malcolm King
Countess Ceprano Anna Cooper
Rigoletto
the Court Jester 		Ingvar Wixell
Count Monterone Forbes Robinson
Sparafucile
a professional assassin 		Gwynne Howell
Gilda
daughter of Rigoletto 		Ileana Cotrubas
Giovanna
her duenna 		Elizabeth Sikora
Page to the Duchess Elaine Mary Hall
Court Usher Wyndham Parfitt
Maddalena
sister of Sparafucile 		Gillian Knight
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, Artists, Servants, Pages, Guards The Royal Opera Chorus
Children from Finchley Catholic High School
Children from Sandra Patmore School of Dance
Acrobats
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: Italian
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 17 May 1978 (in Royal Opera House Collections)