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Rigoletto-31 October 1947 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Karl Rankl
Chorus Director Douglas Robinson
Concert Master Joseph Shadwick
Cast
Duke of Mantua Kenneth Neate
Borsa
Gentleman of the Court 		Edgar Evans
Marullo
Gentleman of the Court 		Ernest Davies
Count Ceprano
Gentleman of the Court 		Rhydderch Davies
Countess Ceprano Denise Francis-Sirou
Rigoletto
Court Jester 		Paolo Silveri
Count Monterone George Hancock
Sparafucile
a hired assassin 		David Franklin
Gilda
Rigoletto's daughter 		Elda Ribetti
Giovanna
her nurse 		Lilian Simmons
A Page Muriel Burnett
An Usher Ronald Lewis
Maddalena
Sparafucile's sister 		Edith Coates
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: Natalia Macfarren
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 31 October 1947 (in Royal Opera House Collections)