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Otello-4 July 1962 Evening 8.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Gala performance
Conductor Georg Solti
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Montano
former Governor of Cyprus 		Forbes Robinson
Cassio
Captain under Otello 		John Lanigan
Iago
Ensign or Ancient under Otello 		Geraint Evans
Roderigo
a Venetian gentleman 		John Dobson
Otello
Moor of Venice, Governor of Cyprus 		Mario del Monaco
Desdemona
his bride 		Raina Kabaivanska
Emilia
her companion and Iago's wife 		Josephine Veasey
A Herald Victor Godfrey
Lodovico
Ambassador of Venice 		David Ward
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Children from Edith Cavell Secondary School
The Covent Garden Opera Ballet
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: Italian
Information source: Royal Opera House Gala programme for 4 July 1962 (in Royal Opera House Collections)