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La traviata-20 June 1958 Evening 7.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Nicola Rescigno
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Violetta Valery
a courtesan 		Maria Callas
Baron Douphol
her lover 		Forbes Robinson
Flora Bervoix
friend of Violetta 		Marie Collier
Gastone
a young man of fashion 		Dermot Troy
Alfredo Germont
his friend 		Cesare Valletti
Il Marchese d'Obigny
an elderly roué 		Ronald Lewis
Doctor Grenvil David Kelly
Annina
Violetta's Maid 		Leah Roberts
Giuseppe
Violetta's Servant 		David Tree
Giorgio Germont
Alfredo's father 		Mario Zanasi
A Messenger Keith Raggett
Flora's Servant Charles Morris
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: Italian
Durations: Act I: 7.38-8.10pm, Act II: 8.36-9.13pm, Act III: 9.36-9.57pm, Act IV: 10.24-10.55pm
Radio - live relay : BBC Home Service; 20 June 1958
Information source: Royal Opera House programme and stage manager's report for 20 June 1958 (in Royal Opera House Collections)