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The Trojans-21 September 1972 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
Cassandra
a prophetess, daughter of Priam 		Jessye Norman
Choroebus
her betrothed 		Robert Kerns
A Trojan Soldier William Elvin
Priam
King of Troy 		Eric Garrett
Helenus
son of Priam, a priest 		John Dobson
Hecuba
wife of Priam 		Noreen Berry
Polyxena
daughter of Priam 		Gillian Ramsden
Andromache
widow of Hector 		Romayne Grigorova
Astyanax
her son 		Simon Stebbings
Pantheus
a Trojan priest 		Richard Van Allan
Aeneas
a Trojan hero 		Jon Vickers
Ascanius
son of Aeneas 		Anne Pashley
Ghost of Hector Dennis Wicks
Greek Captain Eric Garrett
Greek Captain George Macpherson
Dido
Queen of Carthage 		Josephine Veasey
Anna
her sister 		Elizabeth Bainbridge
Narbal
Dido's minister 		Stafford Dean
Iopas
a Carthaginian poet 		Francis Egerton
The God Mercury Anthony Sweeny
Hylas
a young Trojan sailor 		Derek Blackwell
First Soldier Michael Rippon
Second Soldier Paul Hudson
Ghost of Cassandra Margarete Williams
Ghost of Choroebus Robert Kerns
Ghost of Priam Eric Garrett
Soldiers of Greece, Troy and Carthage, Citizens, Women, Children, Shepherds, Priestesses, Courtiers and Sailors The Royal Opera Chorus
Dancers
Children from Finchley Catholic High School
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: English
Translator: Edward J Dent
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 21 September 1972 (in Royal Opera House Collections)