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A Midsummer Night's Dream-8 February 1961 Evening 7.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Georg Solti
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Oberon
King of the Fairies 		Russell Oberlin
Tytania
Queen of the Fairies 		Joan Carlyle
Puck or Robin Goodfellow Nicholas Chagrin
Peaseblossom Raymond Holder
Cobweb Philip Silver
Mustardseed John Pyle
Moth Roger Flury
Fairy Stephen Edwards
Fairy Ian Fraser
Fairy Michael Miller
Fairy Richard Venning
Fairy Page Paul Beasley
Fairy Page Michael Whenman
Fairy Page Leslie Pyrah
Fairy Page William Meek
Theseus
Duke of Athens 		Forbes Robinson
Hippolyta
Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus 		Margreta Elkins
Lysander
in love with Hermia 		André Turp
Demetrius
in love with Hermia 		Louis Quilico
Hermia
in love with Lysander but betrothed in law to Demetrius 		Marjorie Thomas
Helena
in love with Demetrius 		Irene Salemka
Bottom
a weaver 		Geraint Evans
Quince
a carpenter 		Michael Langdon
Flute
a bellows-mender 		John Lanigan
Snug
a joiner 		David Kelly
Snout
a tinker 		Kenneth MacDonald
Starveling
a tailor 		Joseph Ward
Indian Boy Johaar Mosaval
Philostrate
Master of Ceremonies 		Beaufoy Milton
Fan Bearer Peter Goldrick
Page Paul Beasley
Page Michael Whenman
Page Leslie Pyrah
Page William Meek
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Children from Westminster City School
Students of William Ellis Grammar School
Students of St Martin-in-the-Fields Secondary School
Students of Hugh Myddelton Secondary School
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Durations: Act I: 7.31-8.16pm, Act II: 8.40-9.25pm, Act III: 9.43-10.32pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 8 February 1961 (in Royal Opera House Collections)