Dido and Aeneas-22 May 1951 Evening

Opera: Performance details

Company: Sadler's Wells Opera, Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet
Venue: Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor James Robertson
Leader Walter Price
Cast
Dido, or Elissa
Queen of Carthage
Eleanor Houston
Belinda
Lady-in-Waiting
Marjorie Shires
A Lady of the Court Glenice Halliday
Sorceress Anna Pollak
First Witch Sheila Rex
Second Witch Helen Hillier
Aeneas
a Trojan Prince
John Probyn
A Sailor John Kentish
BALLET
Diana Elaine Fifield
Actaeon David Poole
Spirit 1 - In the form of Mercury (dancer) Pirmin Trecu
Spirit 1 - In the form of Mercury (singer) John Kentish
Spirit 2 - In the form of Jack O'Lantern Pirmin Trecu
Serving Women, Witches, Furies, Sailors, Cupids Yvonne Barnes
Serving Women, Witches, Furies, Sailors, Cupids Karen Bliss
Serving Women, Witches, Furies, Sailors, Cupids Maureen Bruce
Serving Women, Witches, Furies, Sailors, Cupids Joan Cadzow
Serving Women, Witches, Furies, Sailors, Cupids Stella Claire
Serving Women, Witches, Furies, Sailors, Cupids Stella Farrance
Serving Women, Witches, Furies, Sailors, Cupids Pauline Harrop
Serving Women, Witches, Furies, Sailors, Cupids Sara Neil
Serving Women, Witches, Furies, Sailors, Cupids Sheilah O'Reilly
Serving Women, Witches, Furies, Sailors, Cupids Annette Page
Serving Women, Witches, Furies, Sailors, Cupids Doreen Tempest
Serving Women, Witches, Furies, Sailors, Cupids Veronica Vail
Serving Women, Witches, Furies, Sailors, Cupids David Gill
Serving Women, Witches, Furies, Sailors, Cupids Donald Gillies
Serving Women, Witches, Furies, Sailors, Cupids Michael Hogan
Serving Women, Witches, Furies, Sailors, Cupids Stanley Holden
Serving Women, Witches, Furies, Sailors, Cupids Donald McAlpine
Serving Women, Witches, Furies, Sailors, Cupids Maurice Metliss
Serving Women, Witches, Furies, Sailors, Cupids Peter Wright
Orchestra
Language: English
Event: Number 1 in Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet mixed programme 22 May 1951
Information source: Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet programme for 22 May 1951 (in Royal Opera House Collections)