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Gawain-17 January 2000 Evening

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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
Guest Leader Janice Graham
Cast
Morgan le Fay
Arthur's half-sister; Gawain's aunt 		Constance Hauman
Lady de Hautdesert
Bertilak's wife 		Kathryn Turpin
Arthur
King of Logres 		Robert Tear
Guinevere
Arthur's wife 		Virginia Kerr
A Fool Thomas Randle
Agravain
a knight; Gawain's brother; Arthur's nephew by his half-sister Belisent 		Quentin Hayes
Ywain
a knight; Arthur's nephew by his half-sister Brimesent 		Peter Wedd
Gawain
a knight; Arthur's nephew by his half-sister Belisent; brother of Agravain 		Wilhelm Hartmann
Bishop Baldwin
Arthur's confessor and spiritual guide 		Andrew Watts
Bedevere
a knight 		Tom Marty
The Green Knight/Bertilak de Hautdesert John Tomlinson
The Royal Opera Chorus
Actors
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: English
Surtitled by: David Harsent
Durations: Act I: 70 minutes, Interval: 25 minutes, Act II: 80 minutes
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet for 17 January 2000 (in Royal Opera House Collections)