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The Magic Flute-12 January 1957 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Rafael Kubelik
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Tamino
a Prince 		Peter Pears
First Lady
attending the Queen of Night 		Marie Collier
Second Lady
attending the Queen of Night 		Una Hale
Third Lady
attending the Queen of Night 		Noreen Berry
Papageno
a bird catcher 		Jess Walters
The Queen of the Night Edna Graham
Monostatos
a Moor in Sarastro's service 		Dermot Troy
Pamina
daughter of the Queen of the Night 		Elsie Morison
First Boy
one of The Genii of the Temple 		Iris Kells
Second Boy
one of The Genii of the Temple 		Jeannette Sinclair
Third Boy
one of The Genii of the Temple 		Josephine Veasey
The Orator of the Temple Forbes Robinson
Sarastro
High Priest of the Temple 		David Kelly
Priest Raymond Nilsson
Old Woman Nada Pobjoy
Papagena
Papageno's sweetheart 		Marion Studholme
First Armoured Man Edgar Evans
Second Armoured Man Michael Langdon
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: Edward J Dent
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 12 January 1957 (in Royal Opera House Collections)