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The Carmelites-14 October 1963 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
Marquis de la force Otakar Kraus
The Chevalier
his son 		John Lanigan
Blanche
his daughter (Sister Blanche of the Agony of Christ) 		Heather Harper
Thierry
a valet 		Rhydderch Davies
Mme. de Croissy
(Prioress, The Mother Henriette of Jesus) 		Monica Sinclair
Sister Constance of St. Denis Jeannette Sinclair
Mother Marie of the Incarnation
(Sub-Prioress) 		Sylvia Fisher
M. Javelinot
a doctor 		Eric Garrett
Mme. Lidoine
(New Prioress, Mother Marie of St. Augustine) 		Joan Carlyle
Mother Jeanne of the Child Jesus
(Dean) 		Margreta Elkins
Sister Mathilde Gwyneth Jones
Father Confessor John Dobson
First Commissary Robert Bowman
Second Commissary Dennis Wicks
First Officer Victor Godfrey
Gaoler Ronald Lewis
Carmelite Dorothy Yeowart
Carmelite Phyllis Simons
Carmelite Leah Roberts
Carmelite Hazel Clare
Carmelite Jeanne Bowden
Carmelite Moyna Cope
Carmelite Joyce Livingstone
Carmelite Marybelle Oakes
Carmelite Nada Pobjoy
Carmelite Diana Odling
Carmelite Ula van Wyk
An Aristocrat
speaking part 		Clifford Starr
A Market Woman
speaking part 		Elsa Speck
An Old Lady
speaking part 		Celia Penney
Officials of the Municipality, Officers, Policemen, Prisoners, Guards, Townsfolk The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: Joseph Machlis
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 14 October 1963 (in Royal Opera House Collections)