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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg-6 July 1953 Evening 6.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Guest Conductor Clemens Krauss
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Walther von Stolzing
a young knight 		Hans Hopf
Eva
daughter of Pogner 		Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Magdalene
her nurse 		Constance Shacklock
David
Sachs' apprentice 		Richard Holm
Pogner
a goldsmith 		Frederick Dalberg
Beckmesser
the town-clerk 		Benno Kusche
Sachs
a shoemaker 		Karl Kamann
Vogelgesang
a furrier 		Edgar Evans
Nachtigall
a tinsmith 		Bryan Drake
Kothner
a baker 		Rhydderch Davies
Ortel
a soap-boiler 		Marian Nowakowski
Zorn
a pewterer 		Emlyn Jones
Moser
a tailor 		David Tree
Eisslinger
a grocer 		William McAlpine
Foltz
a coppersmith 		Ronald Lewis
Schwarz
a stocking-weaver 		Charles Morris
Night-Watchman Geraint Evans
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Students of the Sadler's Wells School of Ballet
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: German
Durations: Act I: 6.05-7.25pm, Act II: 7.49-8.47pm, Act III: 9.15-11.10pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 6 July 1953 (in Royal Opera House Collections)