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Aida-8 February 1964 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Bryan Balkwill
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Ramfis
the High Priest 		Forbes Robinson
Radames
Captain of the Guards 		Jon Vickers
Amneris
the King's daughter 		Giulietta Simionato
Aida
the slave of Amneris 		Galina Vishnevskaya
The King Victor Godfrey
A Messenger Glynne Thomas
A Priestess Anne Finley
Amonasro
King of Ethiopia 		John Shaw
Solo Dancer Virginia Wakelyn
Solo Dancer Kenneth Mason
Ministers of the King, Generals and Soldiers, Priests and Priestesses, Amneris' Waiting Woman, Scribes, Egyptians, Ethiopian Prisoners The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Opera Ballet
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Notes: Galina Vishnevskaya wears her own costume and wig.
Language: Italian
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 8 February 1964 (in Royal Opera House Collections)