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A Midsummer Night's Dream-16 December 1961 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Meredith Davies
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Oberon
King of the Fairies 		Grayston Burgess
Tytania
Queen of the Fairies 		Jenifer Eddy
Puck or Robin Goodfellow Terry Wale
Peaseblossom Forrester Pyke
Cobweb Roger Flury
Mustardseed Philip Silver
Moth David Hovell
Fairy Michael Miller
Fairy Richard Venning
Fairy Colin O'Shea
Fairy Richard Sacks
Fairy Page Nigel Kendall
Fairy Page Michael Powell
Fairy Page Nicholas Flynn
Fairy Page Costa Savva
Theseus
Duke of Athens 		Forbes Robinson
Hippolyta
Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus 		Noreen Berry
Lysander
in love with Hermia 		John Dobson
Demetrius
in love with Hermia 		Peter Glossop
Hermia
in love with Lysander but betrothed in law to Demetrius 		Janet Coster
Helena
in love with Demetrius 		Jeannette Sinclair
Bottom
a weaver 		Geraint Evans
Quince
a carpenter 		Michael Langdon
Flute
a bellows-mender 		John Lanigan
Snug
a joiner 		David Kelly
Snout
a tinker 		Kenneth MacDonald
Starveling
a tailor 		Joseph Ward
Philostrate
Master of Ceremonies 		Beaufoy Milton
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Indian Boy, Fan Bearer, Pages Children
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 16 December 1961 (in Royal Opera House Collections)