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L'Italiana in Algeri-11 July 1989 Evening 7.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Prom performance
Conductor Donato Renzetti
Chorus Director Robin Stapleton
Leader John Brown
Cast
Elvira
Mustafà's wife 		Judith Howarth
Zulma
a slave, confidante of Elvira 		Gillian Knight
Haly
captain of the Algerian Corsairs 		Roderick Earle
Mustafà
Bey of Algiers 		Simone Alaimo
Lindoro
a young Italian slave, Isabella's lover 		Frank Lopardo
Isabella
an Italian woman 		Marilyn Horne
Taddeo
Isabella's suitor 		Alessandro Corbelli
Eunuchs, Slaves, Corsairs, Sailors, Pappataci The Royal Opera Chorus
Actors
Harpsichord continuo Gareth Morrell
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: Performance dedicated to the memory of director/designer Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (1932-88). Part of the Midland Bank Proms.
Sponsor: Midland Bank (prom performance)
Language: Italian
Durations: Act I: 7.32-8.44pm, Act II: 9.13-10.24pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 11 July 1989 (in Royal Opera House Collections)