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Der Rosenkavalier-29 October 1955 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Rudolf Kempe
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Princess von Werdenberg
Wife of Field-Marshall Prince von Werdenberg 		Sylvia Fisher
Octavian
Called Quinquin, a young gentleman of noble family 		Constance Shacklock
Black Page to the Princess Peter Latter
Major Domo to the Princess David Tree
The Princess's Footman Afan Davies
The Princess's Footman Hector Thomas
The Princess's Footman Wilfred Jones
The Princess's Footman Stanley Cooper
Baron Ochs von Lerchenau Frederick Dalberg
A Noble Widow Winifred Watkins
Noble Orphan Vera Evans
Noble Orphan Vera Hoddinott
Noble Orphan Lilian Simmons
A Milliner Jacqueline Browning
An Animal Seller Emlyn Jones
A Hairdresser Lewis Powell
The Attorney Rhydderch Davies
Valzacchi
a shady agent 		Raymond Nilsson
Annina
his partner 		Barbara Howitt
A Tenor Singer William McAlpine
A Flute Player Ronald Firmager
Leopold
bodyservant to Baron Ochs 		Leonard Law
Herr von Faninal
A rich merchant, newly ennobled 		Ronald Lewis
Sophie
his daughter 		Adele Leigh
Her Duenna Iris Bourne
Major Domo to Faninal Maurice Wear
The Landlord David Tree
Waiter Afan Davies
Waiter Alan Hobson
Waiter T G Jones
Waiter Keith Raggett
The Police Inspector Rhydderch Davies
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: Alan Pryce-Jones
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 29 October 1955 (in Royal Opera House Collections)