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The Midsummer Marriage-10 July 1970 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Colin Davis
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Strephon
one of the dancers 		Robert Mead
An Ancient
Priest of the Temple 		Stafford Dean
An Ancient
Priestess of the Temple 		Elizabeth Bainbridge
Mark
a young man of unknown parentage 		Alberto Remedios
Jenifer
his betrothed, a young girl 		Joan Carlyle
King Fisher
Jenifer's father, a business man 		Raimund Herincx
Bella
King Fisher's secretary 		Elizabeth Harwood
Jack
Bella's boy-friend, a mechanic 		Stuart Burrows
A Girl Dancer Monica Mason
Half Tipsy Man David Whelan
A Man Dancing Andrew Daniels
The Voice of Sosostris
a clairvoyante 		Helen Watts
Chorus of Mark's and Jenifer's friends The Royal Opera Chorus
Dancers attendant on the Ancients The Royal Opera Ballet
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: English
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 10 July 1970 (in Royal Opera House Collections)