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The Mastersingers of Nuremberg-19 February 1960 Evening 6.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Reginald Goodall
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Walther von Stolzing
a young knight 		Ronald Dowd
Walther von Stolzing
a young knight 		Edgar Evans
Eva
daughter of Pogner 		Una Hale
Magdalene
her nurse 		Noreen Berry
Pogner
a goldsmith 		David Ward
David
Sachs' apprentice 		Dermot Troy
Mastersingers:
Sachs
a shoemaker 		James Pease
Beckmesser
the town-clerk 		Geraint Evans
Kothner
a baker 		Forbes Robinson
Nachtigall
a tinsmith 		David Allen
Zorn
a pewterer 		John Lanigan
Eisslinger
a grocer 		Kenneth MacDonald
Vogelgesang
a furrier 		Edgar Evans
Moser
a tailor 		David Tree
Foltz
a coppersmith 		Stanley Cooper
Ortel
a soap-boiler 		Hervey Alan
Schwarz
a stocking-weaver 		Michael Langdon
Nightwatchman Edgar Boniface
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Opera Ballet
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Notes: Ronald Dowd and David Ward appear by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera Company.
Edgar Evans sang Walther von Stolzing in Act III Scene 2 because of the illness of Ronald Dowd.
Language: German
Durations: Act I: 6.03-7.25pm, Act II: 7.55-8.56pm, Act III: 9.32-11.15pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 19 February 1960 (in Royal Opera House Collections)