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King Priam-22 May 1967 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor John Pritchard
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Nurse Elizabeth Bainbridge
Hecuba
Priam's wife 		Anna Green
Priam
King of Troy 		Forbes Robinson
Old Man David Kelly
Young Guard John Dobson
Hector
eldest son of Priam and Hecuba 		Victor Godfrey
Paris (as a young boy)
Priam's second son 		Paul Copcutt
Paris John Wakefield
Helen
wife to Menelaus of Sparta, then wife in adultery to Paris 		Yvonne Minton
Hermes
messenger of the Gods 		Kenneth Bowen
Andromache
Hector's wife 		Patricia Johnson
Achilles
a Greek Hero 		Richard Lewis
Patroclus
his friend 		John Gibbs
Serving Woman Elizabeth Shelley
Hunters, wedding guests, serving women, etc. The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Solo piano John Constable
The Covent Garden Opera Ballet
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Notes: John Wakefield appears by kind permission of the Sadler's Wells Opera Company.
Language: English
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 22 May 1967 (in Royal Opera House Collections)

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