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Gawain-20 April 1994 Evening 7.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Elgar Howarth
Chorus Director Terry Edwards
Leader John Brown
Cast
Morgan le Fay
Arthur's half-sister, Gawain's aunt 		Marie Angel
Lady de Hautdesert
Bertilak's wife 		Anne Howells
Arthur
King of Logres 		Richard Greager
Guinevere
Arthur's wife 		Penelope Walmsley-Clark
A Fool Omar Ebrahim
Agravain
a knight; Gawain's brother; Arthur's nephew by his half-sister Belisent 		Alan Ewing
Ywain
a knight; Arthur's nephew by his half-sister Brimesent 		John Marsden
Gawain
a knight; Arthur's nephew by his half-sister Belisent; brother of Agravain 		François Le Roux
Bishop Baldwin
Arthur's confessor and spiritual guide 		Kevin Smith
Bedevere
a knight 		Tom Marty
The Green Knight/Bertilak de Hautdesert John Tomlinson
The Royal Opera Chorus
Actors
Children from London Oratory School
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: English
Surtitled by: Judy Mackerras
Durations: Act I: 7.03-8.05pm, Act II: 8.36-9.52pm
Radio - future relay : BBC Radio 3; 25 April 1994
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet for 20 April 1994 (in Royal Opera House Collections)